James J. McCarthy

Professor of Biological Oceanography
Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography
Master of Pforzheimer House
Acting Curator of the Malacology Department in the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Phone: 617-495-2330
E-mail:
Office: 524 MCZ Labs, 26 Oxford St.

Lab Website: http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/mccarthy/McCarthyLab.html

Studies address factors that regulate the processes of primary production and nutrient supply in upper ocean, approached using controlled laboratory studies and field investigations. Study sites range from near shore to the open ocean. Recent and current field research sites include the North Atlantic, equatorial Pacific, and Arabian Sea.

Recent Publications

McCarthy, J.J. , M.L. Martello and others, 2005. Climate Change in the Context of Multiple Stressors and Resilience. Ch. 17 in The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, Cambridge University Press.

Tyler, N. J. C. , J.M. Turi, M.A. Sundset, K. Strøm Bull, M.N. Sara, E. Reinert, N. Oskal, C. Nellemann, J.J. McCarthy, S.D. Mathiesen, M.L. Martello, O.H. Magga, G.K. Hovelsrud, I. Hanssen-Bauer, N.I. Eira, R. W. Corell, 2007. Saami reindeer pastoralism under climate change: applying a generalized framework for vulnerability studies to a sub-arctic social-ecological system. Global Environmental Change, 17 (2): 191-206.

McCarthy, J.J., A. Yilmaz, Y. Coban-Yildiz, J.L. Nevins, 2007. Nitrogen cycling in the offshore waters of the Black Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 74:493-514.

Frumhoff, P.C., J.J. McCarthy, J.M. Melillo, S.C. Moser, D.J. Wuebbles, 2007. Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Science, Impacts, and Solutions. Synthesis report of the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment (NECIA). Cambridge, MA. Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). (146 pp).

McCarthy, J.J., 2008. The Arctic Ocean in the 21st Century. The American Prospect, 19(12): A10-A11.

Courses Taught

OEB 118. Biological Oceanography
OEB 157. Global Change Biology
OEB 255. Nature and Regulation of Marine Ecosystems
OEB 345. Biological Oceanography
ESPP 90f Global Change and Human Health
ESPP 90m Technological Approaches to Mitigation of Climate Change