Responsibilities

• Faculty Director of Learning, Teaching and Assessment
• Principal Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare
• University Teaching Fellow
• Fellow of the Linnean Society (FLS)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Teaching Experience

Module Leader for

Core Biology

Other Modules

Advanced Topics in Behavioural Ecology
Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare
Behavioural Ecology
Behaviour of Marine Animals
Biological Bases of Behaviour
Biomeasurement
British Wildlife and Conservation
Population Ecology and Wildlife Management

Research interests

• Application of Technology in Learning and Teaching at HE
• Fish Behaviour & Welfare
• Bioaccoustics
• Marine Mammal and Fisheries Interactions

For more information about these and other research projects please visit the Animal and Environmental Research Group (AERG) website.

Publications

Martins, C I M, Galhardo, L. Noble, C, Spedicato, M.T., Zupa, W., Beauchaud, M, Kulczykowska, E, Massabuau, J-C., Carter, T, Planellas, S R, Damsgård, B and Kristiansen, T (2011) Behavioural indicators of farmed fish welfare. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. DOI 10.1007/s10695-011-9518-8

Carter, T. (2010) A Natural History Bibliography of Cambridgeshire 2005-2010. Nature in Cambridgeshire 52, 86 - 91.

Carter, T. & Priddle, J. (2010) Numbat (Numeracy Bank) Project: Final Report to HEA/JISC/OER. July 2010 download below].

Carter, T., Priddle, J., Hawkins, D. and McCary, J. (2010) SUMS (Students Upgrading Mathematics Skills) Project: Final report to HEA/EvidenceNet. August 2010 [download below].

Hawkins, D., Carter, T., and McCary, J. (2009) Support for Numerical Methods - NuMBerS UK Centre for Bioscience, Bulletin 28: 8

Carter, T. (2008) A bumpy start: the founding of Nature in Cambridgeshire from the point of view of the council minutes of Cambridge Natural History Society. Nature in Cambridgeshire. 50, 106-107

Broom, D.M., Müller-Graf, C., Roberts, R., Taranger, G.L., Damsgård, B., Kadri, S., Hastein, T., Sneddon, L.U., Carter, T., Afonso, A., Grudnik, T. & Candiani, D. (2008) Scientific Report on animal welfare aspects of husbandry systems for farmed Atlantic salmon Annex I to The EFSA Journal (2008) 736, 2-122.

Hawkins, D. & Carter, T. (2008) Creating a Departmental web-based resource centre to support the Teaching and Learning of numerical techniques. Final report to HEA Centre for Bioscience. July 2008 [download below].

McCary, J., Hawkins, D., Carter, T. and Priddle, J. (2007) Creating a departmental web-based resource centre to support the teaching and learning of numerical techniques. Pages 259-261 in Proceedings of Science Learning & Teaching Conference, The Higher Education Academy, University of Keele, 19-20 June 2007.

Carter, T. (2006) A Natural History Bibliography of Cambridgeshire 2000-2005. Nature in Cambridgeshire 48, 88 - 90.

Carter, T.J. (2003) Steam position choice in salmon parr: maximisation of foraging efficiency. Journal of Fish Biology 63 (Supp. A): 228

Kelly, J., Carter, T. and Cole, M.D. (2003) Forensic identification of non-human mammals involved in the bushmeat trade using restriction digests of PCR amplified mitochondrial DNA. Forensic Science International 136, 379-380

Carter, T.J. and Pierce, G.J. (2001) Estimating Marine Mammal Abundance and Impact on Salmon in 2 Scottish Estuaries. in Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 6-10th May, 2001, Roma. (ed P.G.H. Evans) European Cetacean Society, Cambridge.

Carter, T.J. (2001) Behaviour of cats and humans incorporated into a model of a domestic cat population. in Proceedings of the 35th International Congress of the ISAE, (Ed J.P. Garner, J.A. Mench & S.P. Heekin) University of California, Davis. August 4-9, 2001. p 52.

Carter, T.J., Pierce, G.J., Hislop, J.R.G., Houseman, J.A. and Boyle, P.R. (2001) Predation by harbour seals Phoca vitulina Linnaeus 1758 on salmonids in two Scottish estuaries. Fisheries Management and Ecology 8 (3): 207-225

Wardle, C.S., Carter, T.J., Urquhart, G.G., Johnstone, A.D.F., Ziolkowski, A.M., Hampson, G. and Mackie, D. (2001) Effects of seismic air guns on marine fish. Continental Shelf Research 21 (8-10): 1005-1027.

Carter, T.J. (2000) Modelling the Domestic Cat Population of England and Wales. Final Report to the RSPCA. 53 pp.

Carter, T.J. (1999) Dynamics of the British Domestic Cat Population and Population Management Schemes. Year 1 Report to the RSPCA. 32 pp.

Wardle, C.S., Carter, T.J., Urquhart, G.G., Johnstone, A.D.F., Ziolkowski, A.M., Hampson, G. and Mackie, D. (1998) The sound of a triple 'G' seismic airgun and its effect on the behaviour of marine fish. Fisheries Research Services, Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. Fisheries Research Services Report No. 10/98 19 pp.

Carter, T.J. and Hall, C.D. (1998) The effects of seismic exploration and underwater explosions on marine life: a bibliography. Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen Report No. 3/98 28 pp.

Anon. (1997) Goal 5: Swimming Performance of Diploid and Triploid Atlantic Salmon: 33-43 cm. L. In Minimising the Interaction of Cultured and Wild Fish: A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Use of Sterile, Triploid Atlantic salmon. Consolidated Progress Report 1.10.96-1.10.97 AIR3-CT94-2216.

Pierce, G.J., Hislop, J.R.G. and Carter, T.J. (1997) Interactions between seals and salmon in Northeast Scotland. The Salmon Net 28: 49-55

Smith, G.W., Johnstone, A.D.F., Shearer, W.M. and Carter,T.J. (1997) The behaviour of adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in a Borland lift fish pass as determined by underwater television observations. Fisheries Research Services, Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen. Fisheries Research Services Report 10/97 12 pp.

Carter, T.J., Smith, I.P. and Johnstone, A.D.F. (1997) A Review of Fish Capture Methods for Salmon Research. The Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department. Fisheries Research Services Report 5/97 16 pp.

Carter, T.J., Pierce, G.J. and Boyle, P.R. (1996) The seals of Aberdeen: Utilisation of the estuaries of the River Don and River Dee, Grampian, Scotland, by seals and other piscivores. Final Report to The Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department. 38 pp. [Marine Mammals@Aberdeen]

Santos, M.B., Pierce, G.J., Carter, T.J., Hoskins, S., Ross, H.M., Reid, R.J. and McKenzie, C. (1996) Stomach contents of sperm whales stranded in the North Sea. ICES CM N:10 5pp.

Carter, T.J. (1994) The effects of substrate diversity on the behaviour of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Ph. D. Thesis, University of Aberdeen. 133 pp.

Lucas, M.C., Urquhart, G.G., Johnstone, A.D.F. and Carter, T.J. (1992) A portable 24-hour recording system for field telemetry: first results from continuous monitoring of heart rate of adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) during the spawning migration. In Wildlife Telemetry: Remote monitoring and Tracking of Animals (ed. I.G. Priede and S.M. Swift), pp 466-473. Ellis Horwood, New York.

Johnstone, A.D.F., Lucas, M.C., Boylan, P. and Carter, T.J. (1992) Telemetry of tail-beat frequency of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) during spawning. In Wildlife Telemetry: Remote monitoring and Tracking of Animals (ed. I.G. Priede and S.M. Swift), pp 456-465. Ellis Horwood, New York.

Carter, T.J. and Fraser, P.J. (1991) Effects of temperature on tilt evoked swimming in the crabs Carcinus and Macropipus. Journal of thermal Biology 16 (6): 367-375