Room: Room 108A, Nuffield Fish Lab

Phone: 01248 382862

E-mail: i.mccarthy@bangor.ac.uk

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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:

1. growth and energetics of aquatic animals (in particular protein synthesis/turnover, trade offs in energy allocation and physiological capacity to survive environmental change)
2. Consistency of individual physiological and behavioural performance and impacts on life history strategies and fitness
3. use of chemical tags (isotopes and trace elements) to examine feeding ecology and movement patterns
4. population biology and management of temperate marine fisheries

• PhD: Feeding behaviour and protein turnover in fish
  University of Aberdeen, 1989–1993
• BSc: Marine Biology and Zoology
  University College of North Wales, 1984–1987

Teaching

I teach on the following undergraduate and postgraduate courses:

1st year: OXX1000 (Tutorial 1), OSX1002 (Marine Biology Practical 1), BNS1002 (Organismal Diversity)

2nd year: OSX2002 (Marine Physiology and Behaviour), OSX2003 (Marine Biology Practical 2)

3rd year: OSX3000 (Dissertation), OSX3001 (Marine Conservation and Exploitation), OSX3015 (Overseas Field Course), OSX3019 (Teleost Fish Biology and Ecology), OSX3020 (Sharks and their relatives)

MSc: OSX4001 (Marine Fisheries), OSX4005 (Marine Vertebrates)

Supervision

I have supervised nine PhD students to completion (8 as lead supervisor) and currently supervise 4 PhD students (2 as lead supervisor).   

Juma Al-Mamry (Lead supervisor with Richardson). Biology and fisheries management of Argyrops spinifer and Lethrinus nebulosus in the Arabian Sea, Oman. Completed 2006.  Funded by Fisheries Research Fund of Oman.

Matthew Doggett (Lead supervisor with Kaiser and Mudge).Polychlorinated biphenyls and their effects on the early life stages of the European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L. Completed 2006. Funded by NERC.

Niklas Tysklind (Co-supervisor with Carvalho [lead], Taylor and Lyons [Cefas]).Population genetic markers in biomonitoring programmes: a case study of flatfish around the British Isles. Completed 2009. Funded by DEFRA (awarded to Carvalho).

Yousof Al-Rashada (Lead supervisor).Biology and ecology of the South East Irish Sea plaice Pleuronectes platessa stock off Anglesey and the North Wales coast. Completed 2009. Funded by Saudia Arabian Cultural Bureau.

Nigel Hussey (Lead supervisor).Advancing the ecological knowledge base of the dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) off Southern Africa. Funded by NERC.  

Alice Ramsay (Lead supervisor with Hughes, Milner and Davidson [EA]). Tracing the geographical origin of sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) using scale microchemistry. Completed 2010. Funded by NERC.

Alec Moore (Lead supervisor with Carvalho). Elasmobranchs of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf. Completed 2013. Self-funded PhD by Published works.

Andrew Marriott (Lead supervisor with Richardson, Armstrong [Cefas] and Chenery [BGS]). The use of bio-geochemical tags to determine the origins and movements of fishes. Completed 2014. Funded by NERC.  

Raad Tulkani (lead supervisor with Richardson). Population biology of the grey mullets Liza abu in central Iraq and Chelon labrosus in Northwest Wales. Completed 2017. Funded by Government of Iraq.

Steven Newstead. (Co-supervisor with Malham [Lead] and Birchenough [Cefas]). Environmental unknowns in cockle larval development (EUCLID). Expected completion 2018. Funded by Cefas.

Tomas Cornwell (Lead supervisor). Personality and behavioural plasticity in Littoraria irrorata. Expected completion 2019. Funded by Bangor University.

Charlotte Colvin (Lead supervisor with Richardson and Hollyman [BAS]). Shell growth and repair of the common whelk Buccinum undatum. Expected completion 2020. Self-funded.  

Simon Karythis. (Co-supervisor with Jenkins [Lead) and Whiteley). An interdsciplinary approach to understanding predator modification of prey behaviour. Expected completion 2020. Funded by NERC Envision

I have a range of research interests in which PhD projects could be developed. Please contact me by email in the first instance regarding any of the following areas:

• comparative animal physiology and physiological adaptive capacity to environmental change
• individual variation in behavioural and physiological performance
• use of chemical tags (isotopes and trace elements) to examine feeding ecology and movement patterns
• population biology of finfish and cartilaginous fishes and sustainable fisheries management.

2024

• E-pub ahead of printAmong-individual differences in risk-taking behavior are associated with shell repair rate but not growth in a marine gastropod
  Cornwell, T., Colvin, C. & McCarthy, I., 1 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 78, 103
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAn assessment of post-capture condition and survival of Rajidae caught in fixed nets
  Clarke, L., Holding, P. & McCarthy, I., 1 Aug 2024, In: Fisheries Research. 276, 107041.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPredicting 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
• PublishedRecruitment of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in northerly UK estuaries indicates a mismatch between spawning and fisheries closure periods
  Dawson, J., Lincoln, H., Sturrock, A., Martinho, F. & McCarthy, I., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 105, 2, p. 564-576 13 p., 15843.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedBycatch in northeast Atlantic lobster and crab pot fisheries (Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and Bristol Channel)
  Moore, A., Heney, C., Lincoln, H., Colvin, C., Newell, H., Turner, B., McCarthy, I. & Hold, N., 1 Sept 2023, In: Fisheries Research. 265, 106745.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedDetection and quantification of differences in catch rates among research vessel gears and commercial vessels
  Delargy, A., Hold, N., Heney, C., Cann, R., Bhandari, K., Colvin, C., Moore, A., Lincoln, H., Hiddink, J. G. & McCarthy, I., 1 Oct 2022, In: Fisheries Research. 254, 106371, 106371.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpatial 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
• PublishedThe 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

2021

• PublishedTracking the Fine Scale Movements of Fish using Autonomous Maritime Robotics: A Systematic State of the Art Review
  Nash, J. Z., Teahan, W., Bond, J., McCarthy, I., Pierce, I., Case, M. & Mowat, R., 1 Jun 2021, In: Ocean Engineering. 229, 108650.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedDetermining the optimum temperature and salinity for larval culture, and describing a culture protocol for the conservation aquaculture for European smelt Osmerus eperlanus (L).
  McCarthy, I., Jones, N., Moore, D. & Berlinsky, D., Jan 2020, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 36, 1, p. 113-120 8 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedElevated pCO2 does not impair performance in autotomised individuals of the intertidal predatory starfish Asterias rubens (Linnaeus, 1758)
  McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N., Fernandez, W., Ragagnin, M., Cornwell, T., Suckling, C. & Turra, A., Jan 2020, In: Marine Environmental Research. 153, 104841.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIntegration of physiology,behaviour and life-history traits: personality and pace-of-life in a marine gastropod. Physiology, behaviour & life history
  Cornwell, T., McCarthy, I. & Biro, P., May 2020, In: Animal Behaviour. 163, p. 155-162
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPrey 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. 13-22
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSub-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
• PublishedThe 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

2019

• PublishedDifferences in mitochondrial efficiency explain individual variation in growth performance
  Salin, K., Villasevil, E., Anderson, G., Lamarre, S., Melanson, C., McCarthy, I., Selman, C. & Metcalfe, N., 21 Aug 2019, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1909, p. 20191466
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOccurrence 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
• PublishedThe 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. 511-520
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedAge 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. 834-841
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAge, growth and maturity of tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna Linnaeus 1758: Triglidae) in the inshore coastal waters of Northwest Wales, UK
  McCarthy, I. & Marriott, A., Jun 2018, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 34, 3, p. 581-589
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGastropod shell size and architecture influence the applicability of methods used to estimate internal volume
  Ragagnin, M., Gorman, D., McCarthy, I., Sant'Anna, B., Campi de Castro, C. & Turra, A., 11 Jan 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 440.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPopulation 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. 896-905
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSensitivity 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
• PublishedUse of multi-element stable isotope ratios to investigate ontogenetic movements of Micropogonias furnieri in a tropical Brazilian estuary
  Pizzochero, A. C., Michel, L. N., Chenery, S., McCarthy, I., Vianna, M., Malm, O., Lepoint, G., Das, K. & Dorneles, P. R., Jun 2018, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 75, 6, p. 977-986
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedVulnerability of juvenile hermit crabs to reduced seawater pH and shading
  Ragagnin, M., McCarthy, I., Fernandez, W., Tschiptschin, A. & Turra, A., Nov 2018, In: Marine Environmental Research. 142, p. 130-140
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedAssessing the reproducibility of fractional rates of protein synthesis in muscle tissue measured using the flooding dose technique
  McCarthy, I. & Brown, J., Jul 2016, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 197, p. 9-15
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDiscriminating nursery grounds of juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the south-eastern Irish Sea using otolith microchemistry
  Marriott, A., McCarthy, I., Ramsay, A. & Chenery, S. R., 21 Mar 2016, In: Marine Ecology: progress series. 546, p. 183-195
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIndividuals Maintain Similar Rates of Protein Synthesis Over Time on the Same Plane of Nutrition Under Controlled Environmental Conditions
  McCarthy, I. D., Owen, S. F., Watt, P. W. & Houlihan, D. F., 28 Mar 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 3, p. e0152239
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedStable 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. 213-223
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedValidation of the flooding dose technique to determine fractional rates of protein synthesis in a model bivalve species, the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.)
  McCarthy, I. D., Nicholls, R., Malham, S. K. & Whiteley, N. M., 23 Oct 2015, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 191, p. 166-173
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedBiogeochemical tags in fish: predicting spatial variations in strontium and manganese in Salmo trutta scales using stream water geochemistry
  Ramsay, A. L., Hughes, R. N., Chenery, S. R. & McCarthy, I. D., 11 Nov 2014, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 72, 3, p. 422-433
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDistribution of ampullary pores on three catshark species (Apristurus spp.) suggest a vertical-ambush predatory behaviour
  Moore, D. M. & McCarthy, I. D., 9 Oct 2014, In: Aquatic Biology. 21, p. 261-265
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedPopulation 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. 1941-1950
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPopulation 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. 891-909
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRepeatability 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. 3264-3272
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedFish scale δ15N and δ13C values provide biogeochemical tags of fish comparable in performance to element concentrations in scales and otoliths
  Ramsay, A. L., Milner, N. J., Hughes, R. N. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Sept 2012, In: Hydrobiologia. 694, 1, p. 183-196
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPhylogenetic 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. 2055-2088
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpecies, 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. 1619-1642
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedComparison of the performance of scale and otolith microchemistry as fisheries research tools in a small upland catchment.
  Ramsay, A. L., Milner, N. J., Hughes, R. N. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 May 2011, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 68, 5, p. 823-833
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPost-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. 1821-1828
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedStable 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. 2029-2045
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedA 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. 1-2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvaluating ultrasonography as a non-lethal method for the assessment of maturity in oviparous elasmobranchs.
  Whittamore, J. M., Bloomer, C., Hanna, G. M. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Dec 2010, In: Marine Biology. 157, 12, p. 2613-2624
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPopulation 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. 504-512
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Publishedδ15N and δ13C diet-tissue discrimination factors for large sharks under semi-controlled conditions.
  Hussey, N. E., Brush, J., McCarthy, I. D. & Fisk, A. T., 1 Apr 2010, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 155, 4, p. 445-453
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedBiology 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. 559-564
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDevelopment of 30 microsatellite markers for dab (Limanda limanda L.): a key UK marine biomonitoring species.
  Tysklind, N., Taylor, M. I., Lyons, B. P., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 May 2009, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 9, 3, p. 951-955
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIsolation and characterization of 28 new microsatellite markers for European flounder (Platichthys flesus L.)
  Tysklind, N., Neuparth, T., Ashcroft, G. R., Taylor, M. I., Lyons, B. P., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 May 2009, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 9, 3, p. 1065-1068
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNursery 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. 571-583
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedShort-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. 41-57
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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. 199-212
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• PublishedGenetic markers in biomonitoring programmes: providing a population structure framework for data interpretation.
  Tysklind, N., Lyons, B. P., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Jan 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedGrowth and protein metabolism in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae exposed to environmental levels of atrazine and malathion.
  McCarthy, I. D. & Fuiman, L. A., 30 Jul 2008, In: Aquatic Toxicology. 88, 4, p. 220-229
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIsolation and characterization of 12 dinucleotide microsatellite loci in the anadromous fish Osmerus eperlanus (L.)
  Taylor, A. N., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Beaumont, A. R., 1 May 2008, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 8, 3, p. 581-583
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSharks 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
• PublishedStomach 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
• PublishedStrategies 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. 179-180
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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. 2700-2706
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

• PublishedAge, 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. 395-410
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvolutionary implications of pollutants on genetic variability of sentinel bioindicator flatfish
  Tysklind, N., Neuparth, T., Lyons, B. P., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Jan 2007.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedModeling 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
• PublishedThe 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. 34-40
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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. 6-19
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTracing the geographical origin of sea trout using scale microchemistry.
  Ramsay, A. L., McCarthy, I. D., Hughes, R. N., Milner, N. J. & Davidson, I. C., 1 Jan 2007.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedUse of a Long Term Tag-recapture Data Set on the Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) in South East Africa to Determine Spatial and Temporal Movements and Growth Rates.
  Hussey, N. E., McCarthy, I. D. & Mann, B. Q., 1 Jan 2007.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2006

• PublishedDistribution, Abundance and Movement Patterns of Juvenile Flatfishes in the Punta Banda Estuary, Baja California, Mexico.
  Griffiths, R., Herzka, S. Z., McCarthy, I. D. & Fodrie, F. J., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedDoes 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. 11-26
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvolutionary implications of pollutants on genetic variability of sentinel bioindicator flatfish.
  Tysklind, N., Lyons, B. P., Taylor, M. I., McCarthy, I. D. & Carvalho, G. R., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedMaternal 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. 329-337
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedProtein 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
• PublishedUltrasound as a potential, non-invasive tool for assessing maturity in skates and rays (Family: Rajidae).
  Whittamore, J. M., Hanna, G. M., Bloomer, C. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2005

• PublishedCellular energy allocation in the early life stages of the European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, following exposure to Arochlor 1254.
  Griffiths, R., Herzka, S. Z., McCarthy, I. D. & Fodrie, F. J., 1 Jan 2005.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedDistribution, Abundance and Movement Patterns of Juvenile Flatfishes in the Punta Banda Estuary, Baja California, Mexico.
  Griffiths, R. J., Herzka, S. Z. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jan 2005.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedEffects of Aroclor 1254 on the growth, survival and behaviour of European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, larvae.
  Doggett, M., McCarthy, I. D., Kaiser, M. J. & Mudge, S. M., 1 Jan 2005.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe 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. 1089-1094
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUsing modeling to link the effects of contaminants on larval fish behavior to ecologically relevant endpoints.
  Murphy, C. A., Rose, K. A., Fuiman, L. A., Alvarez, M. C., McCarthy, I. D., Diamond, S. L. & Thomas, P., 1 Jan 2005.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2004

• PublishedA stable isotope analysis of trophic polymorphism among Arctic charr from Loch Ericht, Scotland
  McCarthy, I. D., Fraser, D., Waldron, S. & Adams, C. E., 1 Nov 2004, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 65, 5, p. 1435-1440
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCorrelations between fitness and heterozygosity at allozyme and microsatellite loci in the Atlantic salmon, Salmar salar L.
  Borrell, Y. J., Pineda, H., McCarthy, I. D., Vazquez, E., Sanchez, J. A. & Lizana, G. B., 1 Jun 2004, In: Heredity. 92, 6, p. 585-593
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDoes 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
• PublishedEnvironmentally realistic levels of Atrazine (but not malathion) impair protein metabolism in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae.
  Samberson, H., Fuiman, L. A. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jan 2004.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedMaternal 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
• PublishedProtein 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
• PublishedThe Welsh Torgoch (Salvelinus alpinus).
  McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jan 2004.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe population biology of the thornback ray, Raja clavata L., in Caernarfon Bay, North Wales.
  Whittamore, J. M. & McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jan 2004.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe present status of Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in the UK and Ireland.
  Maitland, P. S., Winfield, I. J., McCarthy, I. D. & Igoe, F., 1 Jan 2004.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe use of stable isotopes in charr research.
  McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jan 2004.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2003

• PublishedAllozyme heterozygosity, date of first feeding and life history strategy in Atlantic salmon
  McCarthy, I. D., Sanchez, J. A. & Blanco, G., 1 Feb 2003, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 62, 2, p. 341-357
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAroclor 1254 affects growth and survival skills of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) larvae.
  McCarthy, I. D., Fuiman, L. E. & Alvarez, M. C., 1 Apr 2003, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 252, p. 295-301
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLow levels of contaminants impair survival skills of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) larvae.
  Fuiman, L. A., McCarthy, I. D. & Alvarez, M. C., 1 Jan 2003.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedStable 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. 474-481
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTiming of first feeding and life history strategies in salmon: Genetic data.
  Pineda, H., Borrell, Y. J., McCarthy, I. D., Vazquez, E., Sanchez, J. A. & Blanco, G., 1 Sept 2003, In: Hereditas. 139, 1, p. 41-48
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

• PublishedThe 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. 674-686
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2001

• PublishedCompetitive ability is related to metabolic asymmetry in juvenile rainbow trout.
  McCarthy, I. D., 1 Oct 2001, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 59, 4, p. 1002-1014
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe 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. 95-102
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2000

• PublishedIdentifying migratory Salmo trutta using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios
  McCarthy, I. D. & Waldron, S., 15 Aug 2000, In: Rapid communications in Mass Spectrometry. 14, 15, p. 1325-1331
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLife history strategies and protein metabolism in overwintering juvenile Atlantic salmon: growth is enhanced in early migrants through lower protein turnover.
  Morgan, I. J., McCarthy, I. D. & Metcalfe, N. B., 1 Mar 2000, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 56, 3, p. 637-647
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTemporal repeatability of relative standard metabolic rate in juvenile Atlantic salmon and its relation to life history variation
  McCarthy, I. D., 1 Jul 2000, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 57, 1, p. 224-238
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• WWT additional PhD student research funds (Mercedes Lopez)

  01/07/2024 – 15/01/2025 (Active)

• Welsh Skate and Ray Stock Assessent

  01/07/2022 – 11/08/2023 (Finished)

• EMFF- Decreasing the environmental impact of fishing gear (81921)

  01/05/2021 – 09/08/2024 (Finished)

• EMFF- Decreasing the environmental impact of fishing gear (81921)

  01/05/2021 – 30/11/2023 (Finished)

• HEFCW HEIR Covid extension to EMFF grant F007425

  01/04/2021 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

• EMFF Fisher-Scientist Partnership (COVID-19)

  01/06/2020 – 10/09/2024 (Finished)

• Welsh Government Prince Madog services

  01/07/2019 – 07/08/2023 (Finished)

• Bass and ray ecology in Liverpool Bay

  01/06/2019 – 30/03/2021 (Finished)

• Video and electronic fisheries data collection - Article 26

  01/10/2018 – 07/08/2023 (Finished)

• Establishing stakeholder-led regional management plans to conserve United Kingdom sea bass fisheries

  01/05/2018 – 23/06/2020 (Finished)

• Sustainable and safe fisheries for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  01/02/2015 – 20/06/2016 (Finished)

• Bangor-CEFAS PhD fund - Project 3

  01/10/2013 – 11/01/2017 (Finished)

• Sea trout sampling and genetic analysis

  01/03/2010 – 20/04/2013 (Finished)

  Links:

  • http://celticseatrout.com/

• Co-supervision of a CASE PhD studentship developing otolith microchemistry approaches to identify nursery areas and recruitment patterns of juvenile sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

  01/10/2009 – 06/08/2013 (Finished)

• CSTP: Celtic Sea Trout Project

  23/04/2009 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

  Links:

  • http://celticseatrout.com/

• Distribution Of Sea Trout In North Wales

  01/10/2006 – 30/09/2009 (Finished)

• Interreg - Asap

  01/05/2004 – 23/09/2009 (Finished)

2018

31) Seabass Fisheries Conservation UK. 2018. McCarthy. European Maritime and Fisheries Fund [awarded to Cefas; Bangor subcontracted, Budget £30k]. 2018-2019. PI

2017

30) An established technology with novel application – fish tracking with an autonomous underwater vehicle. Teahan, Pierce, McCarthy. EU]. Budget £20.3k. Co-I. 2017-2019

2015

29) Sustainable and safe fisheries for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: movement patterns and pollutant accumulation by Corvina (Micropogonias furnieri). McCarthy, Malm (UFRJ), Chenery (BGS), Dorneles (UFRJ). RCUK-CONFAP Research Partnership. Budget £50k (Bangor Budget £24k). 2015. PI

28) Integrating Consistent Individual Differences theory into ecological and evolutionary studies related to global and local environmental change. McCarthy. FAPESP Pesquisa Visitante grant 2014. Budget £22.3k. PI. 2015.

27) Independent Fisheries Science Advice. Kaiser, Hiddink, Jenkins, McCarthy. Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, Isle of Man. Budget £600k. 2015-2018. Co-I.

2013

26) Population biology on mullet species in northwest Wales and Central Iraq. McCarthy. Iraqi Ministry of Education. Budget £21k. 2013-2016. PI

25) Tropical and temperate marine ecosystems – adapting to a changing world. McCarthy, Turra , Whiteley. BU/FAPESP Academic Research Cooperation. Budget £10k. PI. 2014-2015.

2012

24) Sustainable use of fisheries resources in Welsh waters. Kaiser, Le Vay, Hiddink, McCarthy, Neill. European Fishery Fund. Budget £2.503M. Co-I. 2012-2015.

23) Cellular energy reallocation: an explanation for the inability of a key benthic species, Cerastoderma edule, to survive ocean acidification and warming. Whiteley, McCarthy.  NERC (Application for Supplementary Support from the UKOA Research Programme, Scheme C, 4.2 for synthesis activities). Budget £29k. 2012. Co-I.

2011

22) Strontium isotopes as geochemical tracers of fish movements in freshwater. McCarthy. NERC (application for Geoscience support). Budget £1,500 (in-kind support). 2011. PI.

21) Climate change and the costs of survival in two species of marine crabs with contrasting abilities to compensate for environmental change. Whiteley, Hauton, Gimenez, McCarthy, Malham. NERC. Budget £376k. 2011-2014. Co-I.

2010

20) SEAFARE – Sustainable environmentally friendly aquaculture for the Atlantic region of Europe (Lead Partner). King, LeVay, Kennedy, McCarthy, Turner. Partners: IFAPA (Spain), Ifremer (France), IPIMAR (Portugal), AquaTT (Ireland). EU INTERREG IVb Atlantic Arc Programme. Budget €3.2M (Bangor Budget = €1.2M [ca. £1.1M]). 2010-2013. Co-I.

19) SUSFISH – Shellfish productivity in the Irish Sea: working towards a sustainable future (Lead Partner]. Malham, Whiteley, Gimenez, McCarthy, Neill. Partners: Swansea University (Wales), Aberystwyth University (Wales), UCC Cork (Ireland). EU INTERREG IVa Transnational Border Co-operation. Budget €2.9M (Bangor Budget €702k (ca, £639k]). 2010-2013. Co-I.

2009

18) Impacts of smolt cages on the trout populations in Loch Shiel. McCarthy. Marine Harvest. Budget £1500. 2009. PI.

17) Celtic Sea Trout Project (Lead Partner). McCarthy, Carvalho Taylor. Partners: IFI (Ireland), UCC Cork (Ireland), EA (UK). EU INTERREG IVa Transnational Border Co-operation: Budget €2.1 M (Bangor Budget €987,910 [ca. £896k]. 2009-2012. PI.

16) Developing otolith microchemistry approaches to identify nursery areas and recruitment patterns of juvenile sea bass. McCarthy. Cefas. Budget £6,000. 2009-2012. PI.

2007

15) Tracing the geographical origin of sea trout using scale microchemistry. McCarthy. Atlantic Salmon Trust. Budget £4,000. 2007. PI.

14) Tracing the geographical origin of sea trout using scale microchemistry. McCarthy. NERC (in kind support to use LA-ICPMS facility). Budget £13.7k.  2007. PI.

2006

13) Atlantic Arc Aquaculture Group 2. King, LeVay, McCarthy, Beaumont. Partners: CIFAP (Spain), Ifremer (France), SAMS (UK), UCC Cork (Ireland). EU INTERREG IIIb Atlantic Arc Programme: Budget €1.307 M (Bangor Budget €980k (ca. £658k]) 2006-2008). Co-Investigator.

2005

12) A non-invasive method for the assessment of reproductive condition in skates and rays (Family: Rajidae).  McCarthy. Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Small Research Grant scheme. Budget £3,600.  2005. PI.

11) Behavioural trials using the Audio Fish Caller. McCarthy. HELP Wales. Budget £13k. 2005. PI.

2004

10) Atlantic Arc Aquaculture Group (Lead Partner). King, LeVay, McCarthy, Beaumont. Partners: CIFAP (Spain), Ifremer (France), SAMS (UK), UCC Cork (Ireland). EU INTERREG IIIb Atlantic Arc Programme. Budget €1,000 (Bangor Budget €1.0 M  [ca. £671k]). 2004-2006. Co-I.

9) Atlantic Salmon Arc Project (Partner). McCarthy.  Partners: WRT (UK) [Lead], Exeter University (UK), CFBI (Ireland), MXCNX Galicia (Spain), Oviedo University (Spain), MCV Pravia (Spain). EU INTERREG IIIb Atlantic Arc Programme. Budget €778k: (Bangor Budget €48k [ca. £32k]). 2004-2006. PI.

2002

9) The ecology of the Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in Wales. McCarthy. British Ecological Society Small Ecological Research Grant Scheme. Budget £1,450. 2002. PI.

2001

8) The energetic constraints of exposure to contaminants for marine fish larvae. McCarthy. University of Texas Research Grant. Budget $5,915 (ca. £4,079). 2001. PI.

7) Contaminants in Texas bays: impairment of red drum survival skills and the consequences for their populations. Fuiman, McCarthy. Texas Sea Grant Program. Budget $148k (ca. £102k). 2001-2003. Co-I.

1999

6) Discrimination of anadromous and non-anadromous salmonid fish using stable isotope analysis. McCarthy. NERC (Funding for stable isotope analysis at SURRC). Budget £3,600 (in-kind support). 1999. PI.

5) Resource partitioning in sympatric and allopatric morphs of Arctic charr measured using stable isotope analysis. McCarthy. NERC (Funding for stable isotope analysis at SURRC). Budget £3,600 (in-kind support). 1999. PI.

1998

4) The effect of intraspecific variation in physiological performance on growth and life history strategies in fish. McCarthy. NERC (Funding for stable isotope analysis at SURRC). Budget £3,000 (in kind support). 1998. PI.

1996

3) The effect of intraspecific variation in physiological performance on growth and life history strategies in fish. McCarthy. NERC Research Fellowship Scheme. Budget £109k. 1996 -1999. PI.

1994

2) Growth and protein synthesis in juvenile common wolffish: a new species for coldwater aquaculture?McCarthy. The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. Budget £850. 1994. PI.

1993

1) Food defensibilty, aggressive behaviour and growth performance in Tilapia rendalli. McCarthy. Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Small Research Grant scheme. Budget £1,000.  1993. PI.