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Leslie E. Holland-Bartels Title: Regional Executive Officer Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508 Phone: (907) 786-7055 Fax: (907) 786-7040 Email: lholland-bartels@usgs.gov

Education and/or Training

Ph.D.	1980	Purdue University	Aquatic Ecology, minor Statistics
M.S.	1977	Louisiana State University	Fisheries-Experimental Statistics
B.S.	1975	Univ. of Massachusetts	Marine Fisheries

Professional Experience

Aug. 2004 - Present	Deputy Regional Director and Director, Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey. Anchorage, AK.
May 1998 - Aug. 2004	Director, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, U.S. Geological Survey. and Director, Long-term Resource Moinitoring Program (multi-state/federal partnership). LaCrosse WI.
Aug. 1992- May 1998	Branch Chief, Marine and Freshwater Ecology Research , Alaska Biological Science Center, USGS. and DOI Science Liaison Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Anchorage, AK.
July 1990 - Aug. 1992	Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Division of Fisheries and Federal Aid, SE Region, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, GA.
Oct. 1980 - July 1990	River Ecology Section, National Fishery Research Center, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, La Crosse, WI. Section Leader/senior scientist

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

American Fisheries Society: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society: Science Editor, 95-98. Associate Editor, 87-89. Early Life History Section: Secretary, 87-89. Northcentral Representative, 84-85.
Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin: Science journal editorial board - 1997-1998
Mississippi River Research Consortium: Board of Directors, 1986-1987

Teaching and University Activities:
Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington. 1995-2000.
Adjunct Faculty, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1993-98.
Adjunct Faculty, Iowa St. University, Grad. Dept. of Animal Ecology, 1987-91.
Adjunct Faculty, Univ.Wisconsin-La Crosse, Grad. Dept Biology/Microbiology, 1982-90.

Honors and/or Awards

Quality Step Increase Outstanding Sustained Performance, USGS 2003
USGS Excellence in Leadership June 27, 2002
Quality Step Increase Outstanding Sustained Performance USGS 2001
Quality Step Increase Outstanding Sustained Performance USGS 1999
Distinguished Service Award American Fisheries Society 1999
Department of the Interior Meritorious Service Award 1996
Quality Step Increase Outstanding Sustained Performance National Biological Service 1995
Special Achievement Awards USFWS work force diversification (1989), assessments navigation Mississippi River (87), outstanding research award (86), outstanding technical assistance (86)

Significant Recent Publications

Various Authors. 2003. Nutrients in the Upper Mississippi River: Scientific Information to Support Management Decisions. USGS Fact Sheet 105-03, July 2003.

Peterson, C. H. and L. Holland-Bartels. 2002. Chronic impacts of oil pollution in the sea: Risks to vertebrate predators. Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol 241:235-236.

Holland-Bartels, L. (ed). 2002. Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators. Restoration Project 95025. Final Report. Exxon Valdez Trustee Council, Anchorage, Alaska. 210 pp.

Adkison, M.D., B. Ballachey, J. Bodkin, and L. Holland-Bartels. 1998. Integrating ecosystem studies: A Bayesian comparison of hypotheses. pp. 495-509. In: F. Funk, J.N. Ianelli, T.J. Quinn II, and P.J. Sullivan (eds.) Proceedings of the international symposium on fishery stock assessment models for the 21st century. Alaska Sea Grant College Program. AK-SG-98-01.

Finn, J., Burger, C., and L. Holland-Bartels. 1997. Discrimination among sockeye salmon fry populations using fourier analysis of otolith banding patterns formed during incubation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 128:559-578.

Holland-Bartels, L., and M. Dewey. 1997. The influence of seine capture efficiency on fish abundance estimates in the upper Mississippi River. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 12:101-111.

Burger, C., J. Finn, and L. Holland-Bartels. 1995. Pattern of shoreline spawning by sockeye salmon in a glacially turbid lake: Evidence for subpopulation differentiation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 124:1-12.

Holland-Bartels, L., M. Dewey, and S. Zigler. 1995. Ichthyoplankton abundance and variance in a large river system: Concerns for long-term trend analysis. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management. 10:1-13.

Holland-Bartels, L., C. Burger, and S. Klein. 1994. Studies of Alaska's wild salmon stocks: Some insights for hatchery supplementation. Transactions of the 59th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. 1994:244-253.

Woody, C. and L. Holland-Bartels. 1993. Reproductive characteristics of a population of the washboard mussel Megalonaias nervosa (Rafinesque 1820) in the upper Mississippi River. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 8(1):57-66.

Holland-Bartels, L. 1992. Water quality changes and their relation to fishery resources in the upper Mississippi River. pp. 159-180. in C. Dale Becker and D. A. Neitzel, eds. Water Quality of North American Rivers. Battelle Press, Columbus, OH. 304 pp.

Naimo, T., D. Waller, and L. Holland-Bartels. 1992. Heavy metals in the threeridge mussel Amblema plicata plicata (Say, 1817) in the upper Mississippi River. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 7(2):209-217.

Naimo, T., G. Atchison, L. Holland-Bartels. 1992. Sublethal effects of cadmium on physiological responses in the pocketbook, Lampsilis ventricosa. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 11:1013-1021.

Holland-Bartels, L. 1990. Physical factors and their influence on the mussel fauna of a main channel border habitat of the upper Mississippi River. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 9(4):327-335.

Holland-Bartels, L., S. Littlejohn, and M. Huston. 1990. A guide to larval fishes of the upper Mississippi River. University of Minnesota Extension Press. 107 pp.