Dr Ian McCarthy
Reader in Marine Biology
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Contact info
Room: Room 108A, Nuffield Fish Lab
Phone: 01248 382862
E-mail: i.mccarthy@bangor.ac.uk
I graduated with a degree in Marine Biology and Zoology from the University College of North Wales, bangor (as was Bangor University) in 1987 and undertook a PhD on individual variation in behavioural and physiological performance in salmonids and sea bass at Aberdeen University under the supervison of Prof. Dominic Houlihan between 1989 and 1992. I remained in Aberdeen for 4 years postdoctoral research studying the physiological ecology of salmonids and flounder. In 1996, I was awarded a NERC Fellowship and I moved to the University Field Station (Glasgow University) on Loch Lomondside to examine the effect of intraspecific variation in physiological performance on growth and life history strategies in salmonid fish. In 1999, I 'popped over the pond' to Mustang Island on the Gulf coast of south Texas to work for Prof. Lee Fuiman at the University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas. My research in south Texas examined the sublethal effects of pollutants on the behavioural and physiological performance of marine fish larvae. I returned to Menai Bridge in February 2002 as a Lecturer in Fish Biology being promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2010 and appointed a Reader in 2016.
Although I trained as a fish biologist, my research interests have broadened and I now work on the behavioural and physiological ecology of aquatic animals (molluscs, echinoderms, crustaceans and fishes). In general, my research interest are:
- growth and energetics of aquatic animals (in particular protein synthesis/turnover, trade offs in energy allocation and physiological capacity to survive environmental change)
- Consistency of individual physiological and behavioural performance and impacts on life history strategies and fitness
- use of chemical tags (isotopes and trace elements) to examine feeding ecology and movement patterns
- population biology and management of temperate marine fisheries
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Sub-lethal predatory shell damage does not affect physiologyunder high CO2 in the intertidal gastropod Tritia reticulata
Yokoyama, L., Turra, A., Suckling, C., Torres, G., Davies, A. & McCarthy, I., 2020, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 68, 11 p., e20274.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Strategies for using population genetic markers in the European sentinel flatfish species Dab (Limanda limanda)
Lyons, B. P., Tysklind, N., Stentiford, G. D., Feist, S. W., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Jul 2008, In: Marine Environmental Research. 66, 1, p. 179-180Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stomach contents and stable isotopes: trophic ecology of a carcharhinid and a sphyrnid off south east Africa.
Hussey, N. E., McCarthy, I. D., Cliff, G. C., Dudley, S. F. & Fisk, A. T., 1 Jan 2008.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Stable isotope signatures reveal small-scale spatial separation in populations of European sea bass
Overy, T. L., Cambie, G., Kaiser, M. J., Marriott, A. L., Fox, J., Lambert, G., Hiddink, J. G., Overy, T., Bennet, S. A., Leng, M. J. & McCarthy, I. D., 21 Mar 2016, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 546, p. 213-223Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stable isotope profiles of large marine predators: viable indicators of trophic position, diet, and movement in sharks?
Hussey, N. E., Dudley, S. F., McCarthy, I. D., Cliff, G. & Fisk, A. T., 1 Dec 2011, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 68, 12, p. 2029-2045Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stable isotope analysis reveals ecological segregation in a bimodal size polymorphism in Arctic charr from Loch Tay, Scotland.
Adams, C. E., Fraser, D., McCarthy, I. D., Shields, S., Waldron, S. & Alexander, G., 1 Feb 2003, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 62, 2, p. 474-481Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Species, sex, size and male maturity composition of previously unreported elasmobranch landings in Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi Emirate
Moore, A. B., McCarthy, I. D., Carvalho, G. R. & Pierce, R., 1 Apr 2012, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 80, 5, p. 1619-1642Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spatial and Temporal variation of size at maturity in an intensive crustacean fishery with limited management
Moore, A., Delargy, A., Cann, R., Heney, C., Le Vay, L., Lincoln, H., McCarthy, I. & Hold, N., 1 Nov 2022, In: Fisheries Research. 255, November 2022, 106450.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Short-term size-specific distribution and movement patterns of juvenile flatfish in a Pacific estuary derived through length-frequency and mark-recapture data.
Herzka, S. Z., Griffiths, R., Fodrie, F. J. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Mar 2009, In: Ciencias Marinas. 35, 1, p. 41-57Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sharks vs. the rest of the world: lipid extraction and stable isotopes.
Hussey, N. E., McCarthy, I. D., Dudley, S. F. & Fisk, A. T., 1 Jan 2008.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Sensitivity to near-future CO2 conditions in marine crabs depends on their compensatory capacities for salinity change
Whiteley, N., Suckling, C., Ciotti, B., Brown, J., McCarthy, I., Gimenez Noya, J. & Hauton, C., 23 Oct 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 15639, p. 1-13 13 p., 8:15639.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Repeatability of escape response performance in the queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis
Laming, S. R., Jenkins, S. R. & McCarthy, I. D., Sept 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, 17, p. 3264-3272Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Protein synthesis in red drum larvae: time course and effects of contaminants.
Samberson, H., Fuiman, L. A. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jan 2006.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Protein Growth, Growth Rate, and Protein Synthesis Rate of Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Larvae Exposed to Sublethal and Environmentally Realistic Levels of Two Pesticides, Atrazine and Malathion.
Samberson, H., Fuiman, L. A. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jan 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Prey vulnerability and predation pressure shape predator-induced changes in O-2 consumption and antipredator behaviour
Karythis, S., Cornwell, T., Gimenez Noya, L., McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N. & Jenkins, S., 1 Sept 2020, In: Animal Behaviour. 167, p. 13-22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting potential spawning areas of European bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, in the Irish and Celtic Seas
Lincoln, H., Robins, P., Wilmes, S-B., Pérez-Mayol, S., Moore, A., Simpson, S., Goward Brown, A., Heney, C., Malham, S., Morales-Nin, B., Hold, N. & McCarthy, I., 1 Feb 2024, In: Fisheries Research. 270, 106884.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Post-prandial changes in protein synthesis in red drum (Sciaenops acellatus) larvae.
McCarthy, I. D. & Fuiman, L. A., 1 Jun 2011, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 214, 11, p. 1821-1828Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population genetics provides new insights into biomarker prevalence in dab (Limanda limanda L.): a key marine biomonitoring species
Tysklind, N., Taylor, M. I., Lyons, B. P., Goodsir, F., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Sept 2013, In: Evolutionary Applications. 6, 6, p. 891-909Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population biology of the red gurnard (Aspitrigla cuculus L.; Triglidae) in the inshore waters of Eastern Anglesey and Northwest Wales.
Marriott, A., Latchford, J. W. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Aug 2010, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 26, 4, p. 504-512Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population biology of grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus L.; Triglidae) in the coastal waters of Northwest Wales
McCarthy, I., Cant, J. & Marriott, A., Aug 2018, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 34, 4, p. 896-905Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population biology and ageing of the deep water sharks Galeus melastomus, Centroselachus crepidater and Apristurus aphyodes from the Rockall Trough, north-east Atlantic
Moore, D. M., Neat, F. C. & Mccarthy, I. D., Nov 2013, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 93, 7, p. 1941-1950Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phylogenetic and ecological factors influencing the number and distribution of electroreceptors in elasmobranchs
Kempster, R. M., McCarthy, I. D. & Collin, S. P., Apr 2012, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 80, 5, p. 2055-2088Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Occurrence of legacy and emerging organic pollutants in whitemouth croakers from Southeastern Brazil
Pizzochero, A. C., de la Torre, A., Sanz, P., Navarro, I., Michel, L., Lepoint, G., Das, K., Schnitzler, J., Chenery, S., McCarthy, I., Malm, O., Dorneles, P. & Martinez, M. A., 10 Sept 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 682, p. 719-728 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nursery grounds, movement patterns and growth rates of dusky sharks, Carcharhinus obscurus: a long-term tag and release study in South African waters.
Hussey, N. E., McCarthy, I. D., Dudley, S. F. & Mann, B. Q., 19 Jun 2009, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 60, 6, p. 571-583Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling the ecological effects of endocrine active compounds on fish: scaling from individuals to populations.
Rose, K. A., Murphy, C. A., Thomas, P., Fuiman, L. A., Alvarez, M. D., McCarthy, I. D. & Diamond, S. L., 1 Jan 2007.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper