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Protected Resources Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
8901 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037-1508
Phone: (858) 546-7101
Fax: (858) 546-5653

Wayne Perryman

Protected Resources Division

Contact Information:

Phone: (858) 546-7014
Fax: (858) 546-7003
E-mail: Wayne.Perryman@noaa.gov

Programs:

Cetacean Health and Life History Program

Research Interests:

The focus of my research over the past decade or so has been to develop aerial photographic techniques that will allow us to accurately count the numbers of marine mammals in large aggregations, and to also determine the size and shape of individual animals. The count data that we collect form an integral part of the abundance estimates for populations of dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific and for seals and sea lions from the California Bight to the Aleutians. We have recently demonstrated that our measurements of sizes and shapes of whales (gray whales and right whales so far) can be used to track changes in fatness or condition of individuals in these populations. In addition to the photographic program, I am also very involved in monitoring reproduction in the California gray whale based on survey data collected from the research station at Piedras Blancas, California.

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Cetacean Health and Life History Program

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