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
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
The Welsh Torgoch (Salvelinus alpinus): a short review of its distribution and ecology.
McCarthy, I. D., 1 Mar 2007, In: Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 16, 1, p. 34-40Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The condition conundrum: application of multiple condition indices to the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus
Hussey, N. E., Cocks, D. T., Dudley, S. F., McCarthy, I. D. & Wintner, S. P., 7 Apr 2009, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 380, p. 199-212Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The effect of dietary flumequine on food consumption and growth in rainbow trout
Moutou, K. A., McCarthy, I. D. & Houlihan, D. F., 1 Jan 2001, In: Aquaculture International. 9, 1, p. 95-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The effect of environmental factors on shell growth and repair in Buccinum undatum
Colvin, C., Hollyman, P., Richardson, C., Chenery, S., Waggitt, J. & McCarthy, I., 1 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 551, 19 p., 151720.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The effect of ocean acidification on the intertidal hermit crab Pagurus criniticornis is not modulated by cheliped amputation and sex
turra, A., Ragagnin, M., McCarthy, I. & Fernandez, W., Jan 2020, In: Marine Environmental Research. 153, 104794.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The growth of a Welsh strain of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus (L.) and investigations into its aquaculture potential.
Berrill, I. K. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jun 2008, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 72, 10, p. 2700-2706Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The influence of environmental gradients on individual behaviour: individual plasticity is consistent across risk and temperature gradients. Consistent plasticity across gradients
Cornwell, T. O., McCarthy, I. D., Snyder, C. R. A. & Biro, P. A., 30 Apr 2019, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 88, 4, p. 511-520Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The influence of life-history strategy on lipid metabolism in overwintering juvenile Atlantic salmon.
Morgan, I. J., McCarthy, I. D. & Metcalfe, N. B., 1 Mar 2002, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 60, 3, p. 674-686Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The population biology of the thornback ray, Raja clavata in Caernarfon Bay, north Wales
Whittamore, J. M. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Oct 2005, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85, 5, p. 1089-1094Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The status of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in Britain and Ireland.
Maitland, P. S., Winfield, I. J., McCarthy, I. D. & Igoe, F., 1 Mar 2007, In: Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 16, 1, p. 6-19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review