Matthew C. Perry, Ph.D.
Matt Perry is an Emeritus at the Eastern Ecological Science Center located at the Patuxent Research Refuge in Laurel, MD
Professional Experience
Involved with several writing projects of past research of waterfowl movements using satellite telemetry, waterfowl food habits, and management of wetlands for optimum wildlife use
Completed forty years of employment at Patuxent in October 2011 and retired in December 2011
Education and Certifications
B.S., University of Rhode Island 1963
M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1970
Ph.D., University of Maryland 1985
Affiliations and Memberships*
Chair of the November 2005 Second North American Sea Duck Conference
Past President of the Washington Biologists' Field Club
Co-Chair of the Satellite Telemetry Workshop held in Puetro Iguazu, Argentina June 2011.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Retirees Association Board Member
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Heritage Committee Member
Friends of Patuxent Board Member, non-profit, Friends of Patuxent Laurel, MD Laurel, MD Board of Directors
Rivers of the World Foundation Board Member
Science and Products
Early vegetational changes on a forested wetland constructed for mitigation
Creation, management, and research on lakes and ponds at Patuxent Research Refuge
Effectiveness of mitigation measures with constructed forested wetlands in Maryland
Optimal management strategies for biodiversity within a powerline right-of-way
Wetlands mitigation: Partnership between an electric power company and a federal wildlife refuge
Review of factors affecting the distribution and abundance of waterfowl in shallow-water habitats of Chesapeake Bay
Waterfowl population trends in the Chesapeake Bay area
Survival and growth of nursery-stock woody plants in constructed forested wetlands in central Maryland
Forested wetlands constructed for mitigation of destroyed natural wetlands
[Book review] Aquatic Ecology: Scale, Pattern and Process, edited by Paul S. Giller, Alan G. Hildrew, and David G. Raffaelli
Science and Products
Early vegetational changes on a forested wetland constructed for mitigation
Creation, management, and research on lakes and ponds at Patuxent Research Refuge
Effectiveness of mitigation measures with constructed forested wetlands in Maryland
Optimal management strategies for biodiversity within a powerline right-of-way
Wetlands mitigation: Partnership between an electric power company and a federal wildlife refuge
Review of factors affecting the distribution and abundance of waterfowl in shallow-water habitats of Chesapeake Bay
Waterfowl population trends in the Chesapeake Bay area
Survival and growth of nursery-stock woody plants in constructed forested wetlands in central Maryland
Forested wetlands constructed for mitigation of destroyed natural wetlands
[Book review] Aquatic Ecology: Scale, Pattern and Process, edited by Paul S. Giller, Alan G. Hildrew, and David G. Raffaelli
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government