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William F. Perrin, Ph.D

Senior Scientist for Marine Mammals, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA

B.S. in Biology, San Diego State University, 1966
Ph.D. in Zoology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1972
Training in Spanish, French, Czech, German, Russian and Chinese

Research interests

Systematics, life history, ecology and conservation of cetaceans

Positions and affiliations

Editor Emeritus, Marine Mammal Science
Past President, Society for Marine Mammalogy
Past Chairman, Committee of Scientific Advisors to U.S. Marine Mammal Commission
Member, Scientific Committee, International Whaling Commission (IWC)
Member, Scientific Council, Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
Member, Species Survival Commission, IUCN
Member, Cetacean Specialist Group, IUCN
Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution
Adjunct Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Selected Relevant Publications

Perrin, W. F. (Compiler).  1989.  Dolphins, porpoises, and whales. An action plan for the conservation of biological diversity: 1988-1992.  IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, 29pp.

Perrin, W. F., R. L. Brownell, Jr., Zhou Kaiya and Liu Jiankang (Eds.).  1989.  Biology and conservation of the river dolphins.  Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) 3:1-173.

Perrin, W. F., P. A. Akin and J. V. Kashiwada.  1991.  Geographic variation in external morphology of the spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris in the eastern Pacific and implications for conservation.  Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 89:411-428.

Perrin, W. F., G. P. Donovan and J. Barlow (Eds.).  1994.  Gillnets and cetaceans.  Report of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 15, 629pp.

Smith, B. D. and W. F. Perrin (Eds.).  1997.  [Special issue on marine mammals of Southeast Asia].  Asian Marine Biology 14:1-214.

Dolar, M. L. L., W. F. Perrin, A. A. S. P. Yaptinchay, S. A. B. HJ. Jaaman, M. D. Santos, M. N. Alava and M. S. B. Suliansa.  1997.  Preliminary investigation of marine mammal distribution, abundance, and interactions with humans in the southern Sulu Sea.  Asian Marine Biology 14:61-81.

Perrin, W. F., M. L. L. Dolar and D. Robineau.  1999.  Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) of the western Pacific and Southeast Asia: pelagic and shallow-water forms.  Marine Mammal Science 15:1029-1053.

Perrin, W. F., B. Würsig and J. G. M. Thewissen (Eds.).  2002.  Encyclopedia of marine mammals.  Academic Press, San Diego, 1414pp.

Perrin, W. F.  In press.  Problems of marine mammal conservation in Southeast Asia.  Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Fishery Science.