William Fergus Perrin - a marine mammalogist ‘for all seasons’

20 August 1938 – 11 July 2022

Authors

  • Louella Dolar Tropical Marine Research and Conservation (TMRC). San Diego, CA 92122, USA and Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines
  • Marco Barbieri Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), United Nations Campus in Bonn. Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany
  • Enrique A. Crespo CONICET, Marine Mammals Laboratory. Blvd. Brown 2915, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
  • Daniel M. Palacios Marine Mammal Institute and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center. 2030 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365, USA
  • Luis A. Pastene Institute of Cetacean Research. 4-5 Toyomi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0055, Japan
  • Louisa S. Ponnampalam The MareCet Research Organization. 47630 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Leela Rajamani Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM 11800, Penang, Malaysia
  • Julio C. Reyes Areas Costeras y Recursos Marinos (ACOREMA). Calle San Francisco 253, 201-B, Pisco, Peru
  • Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE). Ensenada, Mexico
  • Eduardo R. Secchi Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação da Megafauna Marinha – ECOMEGA, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande – FURG. Avenida Itália km8 s/n, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
  • Gabriel Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto Laboratory of Ecology & Ecotoxicology (LaEE), Faculty of Sciences, University of Lome. BP 6057 Lomé, Togo
  • Salvatore Siciliano Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública/Fiocruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. sala 10. Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, 1.480, Manguinhos, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  • Dipani Niti Sutaria Marine Mammal Research & Conservation Network of India. 9 Aranya Farms, Shilaj, Ahmedabad, India 382115
  • Jorge Urbán R. Departamento Académico de Ciencias Marinas y Costeras, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS). km 5.5 Carretera al Sur, Mezquitito, La Paz, B.C.S. 23080, Mexico
  • John Y. Wang CetAsia Research Group. 310-7250 Yonge Street, Thornhill, Ontario L4J 7X1; Department of Biology, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8, Canada; and National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, 2 Houwan Road, Checheng, Pingtung, 944, Taiwan
  • Tadasu K. Yamada National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan
  • Koen Van Waerebeek Peruvian Centre for Cetacean Research/ Centro Peruano de Estudios Cetológicos (CEPEC), Museo de Delfines, Pucusana. Lima-20; and Pro Delphinus, Miraflores, Lima-18, Peru

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00287

Abstract

This is an obituary for William F. Perrin.

Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in southern Brazil. Photo Credit: Federico Sucunza

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Published

2022-10-31

How to Cite

Dolar, L. ., Barbieri, M., Crespo, E. A., Palacios, D. M., Pastene, L. A., Ponnampalam, L. S., Rajamani, L., Reyes, J. C., Rojas-Bracho, L., Secchi, E. R., Hoinsoudé Segniagbeto, G., Siciliano, S., Sutaria, D. N. ., Urbán R., J., Wang, J. Y., Yamada, T. K., & Van Waerebeek, K. (2022). William Fergus Perrin - a marine mammalogist ‘for all seasons’ : 20 August 1938 – 11 July 2022. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, 17(2), 133-141. https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00287

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2022)

Section

In Memoriam

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