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PERRIN, WILLIAM

Adjunct Professor

Degrees:

• B.S., San Diego State University
• Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Research Interests:

• Population dynamics
• Ecology and evolution of marine mammals

Honors and Awards:

• Elected Honorary Member of Society for Marine Mammalogy, 2008
• New whale species Mesoplodon perrini, 2002
• Dept. of Commerce Bronze Medal, 1994
• NOAA Scientific Research and Achievement Award, 1979

Mentoring:

• Kellar, Nicholas (Graduate; 2000-2008)
• Galver, Luana (Graduate; 1994-2002)
• Escorza-Trevino, Sergio (Graduate; 1993-1998)
• Garcia-Rodriguez, Angelica (Masters; 1991-1995)
• Leduc, Richard (Graduate; 1991-1997)
• Archer, Frederick (Graduate; 1990-1996)
• Rosel, Patricia (Graduate; 1987-1992)

Escorza-Treviño, S., Dizon, A. E., Perrin, W. F. “Sex-biased dispersal, intraspecific structure and phylo-geography of Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli: implications for IWC stock boundary designations.” World Marine Mammal Science Conference, Monaco, 20-24 January 1998, 39. (1998) [Abstract]

Perrin, W. F. “Stenella longirostris.” Mammalian Species 599. (1998) [Review Article]

Perrin, W. F., Dolar, M. L. L., Robineau, D. “Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) of the western Pacific and Southeast Asia: pelagic and shallowwater forms.” World Marine Mammal Conference, Monaco, 20-24 January 1998, 106. (1998) [Abstract]

Smith, B., Perrin, W. F. (eds). [Studies on marine mammals of Southeast Asia]. Asian Marine Biology 14. (1998) [Edited Special Issue]

Archer, F. I., II, Perrin, W. F. “Stenella coeruleoalba.” Mammalian Species 603 (1999) [Review Article]

Garrison, L., Perrin, W. F., Dizon, A. E. “Comparing genetic variation, ecology and morphology in spinner dolphins using three types of genetic markers.”13th Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Maui, November 1999. [Abstract]

LeDuc, R. G., Perrin, W. F., Dizon, A. E. “Phylogenetic relationships among the delphinid cetaceans based on full cytochrome b sequences.”Marine Mammal Science 15. (1999) [Research Article]

Meffe, G. K., Perrin, W. F., Dayton, P. K. “Marine mammal conservation. Guiding principles and their implementation.” In Twiss, J. R., Reeves, R. R. (eds), Conservation and management of marine mammals. Smithsonian Press. (1999) [Book Chapter]

Perrin, W. F. “Selected examples of small cetaceans at risk.” In Twiss, J. R., Reeves (eds), Conservation and management of marine mammals. Smithsonian Press. (1999) [Book Chapter]

Perrin, W. F. [Chapters on five species]. In D. Wilson and S. Ruff (eds), The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals, pp. 265-275, 1999. [Book Chapter]

Perrin, W. F., Rosel, P. E. “Cranial features in the phocoenids consistent with their molecular phylogeny.” 13th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Maui, November 1999. (1999) [Abstract]

Perrin, W. F., Dolar, M. L. L., Robineau, D. “Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) of the westernPacific and Southeast Asia: pelagic and shallow-water forms.” Marine Mammal Science 15: 1029-1053 (1999) [Research Article]

Perrin, W. F., R. N. P. Goodall and M. A. Cozzuol. "Osteological variation in the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica)." Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 2: 211 (2000) [Research Article]

Dolar, M. L. L., W. F. Perrin, J. P. Gaudiano, A. A. S. P. Yaptinchay and J. M. L. Tan. "Preliminary report on a small estuarine population of Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris in the Philippines". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (suppl. 10): 155 (2002) [Research Article]

Eckert, S. A., L. L. Dolar, G. L. Kooyman, W. Perrin and R. A. Rahman."Movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) in South-east Asian waters as determined by satellite telemetry." Journal of Zoology, London 257: 111 (2002) [Research Article]

Dolar, M. L. L., W. A. Walker, G. L. Kooyman and W. F. Perrin "Comparative feeding ecology of spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) and Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei) in the Sulu Sea." Marine Mammal Science 19: 1-19 (2003) [Research Article]

Perrin, W. F. and S. L. Mesnick. "Sexual ecology of the spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)". Marine Mammal Science 19:462-483 (2003). [Research Article]

Perrin, W. F., M. L. L. Dolar, M. Amano and A. Hayano. "Cranial sexual dimorphism and geographic variation in Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei. " Marine Mammal Science 19: 484-501 (2003) [Research Article]

Barlow, J., M. Ferguson, W. F. Perrin, L. Balance, T. Gerrodette, G. Joyce, C. D. MacLeod, K. Mullin, D. L. Palka and G. Waring. "Abundance and density of beaked and bottlenose whales (family Ziphiidae)." Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7:263—270. (2005) [Research Article]

Perrin, W. F., Ma. L. L. Dolar, S. J. Chivers and C. M. Chan. "Length-weight relationshis in the spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris." Marine Mammal Science 21:765 – 778 (2005) [Research Article]

Dolar, M. L., W. F. Perrin, B. L. Taylor, G. L. Kooyman and M. N. R. Alava. "Abundance and distributional ecology of cetaceans in the central Philippines." Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 8:93—111 (2006) [Research Article] NEW

Morin, P. A., R. G. LeDuc, K. M. Robertson, N. M. Hedrick, W. F. Perrin, M. Etnier, P. Wade and B. L. Taylor. "Genetic analysis of killer whale (Orcinus orca) historical bone and tooth samples to identify western U.S. ecotypes." Marine Mammal Science 22:897—909 (2006) [Research Article] NEW

MacLeod, C. D., W. F. Perrin, R. Pitman, J. Barlow, L. Ballance, A. D'Amico, T. Gerrodette, G. Joyce, K. D. Mullin, D. L. Palka and G. T. Waring. "Known and inferred distributions of beaked whale species (Cetacea: Ziphiidae)." Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 7:271—286 (2006) [Research Article] NEW

Perrin, W. F., M. T. Aquino, M. L. Dolar and M. N. R. Alava. "External appearance of the dwarf spinner dolphin Stenella roseiventris." Marine Mammal Science 23:464—467. (2007) [Research Article] NEW

Dalebout, M. L., C. S. Baker, D. Steel, K. M. Robertson, S. J. Chivers, W. F. Perrin, J. G. Mead, R. V. Grace and T. D. Schofield, Jr. "A divergent mtDNA lineage among Mesoplodon beaked whales: molecular evidence for a new species in the tropical Pacific?" Marine Mammal Science 23:954—956 (2007) [Research Article] NEW

Perrin, W. F., K. M. Robertson, P. J. H. van Bree and J. G. Mead. "Cranial description and genetic identity of the holotype specimen of Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832)." Marine Mammal Science 23:243—257 (2007) [Research Article] NEW