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
- Published
A perspective on Salvelinus research.
Adams, C., Brännäs, E., Dempson, B., Knudsen, R., McCarthy, I. D., Power, M. & Winfield, I., 1 Aug 2010, In: Hydrobiologia. 650, 1, p. 1-2Research 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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Does breeding site fidelity drive phenotypic and genetic sub-structuring of a population of Arctic charr?
Adams, C. E., Hamilton, D. J., McCarthy, I. D., Wilson, A. J., Grant, A., Alexander, G., Waldron, S., Snorasson, S. S., Ferguson, M. M. & Skulason, S., 1 Jan 2006, In: Evolutionary Ecology. 20, 1, p. 11-26Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does breeding site fidelity drive phenotypic and genetic sub-structuring of a population of Arctic charr?
Adams, C. E., Hamilton, D. J., McCarthy, I. D., Wilson, A. J., Grant, A., Alexander, G., Waldron, S., Snorasson, S. S., Ferguson, M. M. & Skulason, S., 1 Jan 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Biology of the kingsoldier bream (Argyrops spinifer, Forsskal 1775; Sparidae), from the Arabian Sea, Oman.
Al Mamry, J. M., McCarthy, I. D., Richardson, C. A. & Ben Meriem, S., 1 Oct 2009, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 25, 5, p. 559-564Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age, growth and reproductive biology of Spangled Emperor, Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775), from the Arabian Sea, Oman.
Al-Mamry, J. M., El Ganainy, A. A., McCarthy, I. D., Richardson, C. A. & Ben Meriem, S., 1 Jan 2007, In: Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. 33, p. 395-410Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age and growth validation of the small spotted grunt Pomadasys commersonnii (Lacepède, 1801) from the northwestern coast of the Arabian Sea of Oman.
Al-Nahdi, A., Al-Sayabi, B. & McCarthy, I., Aug 2018, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 34, 4, p. 834-841Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maternal body burdens of methyl mercury impair survival skills of offspring in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus).
Alvarez, M. C., Murphy, C. A., Rose, K. A., McCarthy, I. D. & Fuiman, L. A., 1 Jan 2004.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Maternal body burdens of methylmercury impair survival skills of offspring in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus).
Alvarez, M. D., Murphy, C. A., Rose, K. A., McCarthy, I. D. & Fuiman, L. A., 1 Dec 2006, In: Aquatic Toxicology. 80, 4, p. 329-337Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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