Alexander Haro, Ph.D.
Dr. Haro is a Fish Biologist at the USGS S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Laboratory at Turners Falls, Massachusetts, and serves as Section Leader of the Fish Passage Engineering Section.
His present work involves migratory fish behavior, design, engineering, and evaluation of fish passage structures, fish swimming performance, and ecology and management of American eels. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Department of Environmental Conservation and serves as a major advisor for graduate students, as well as an instructor for courses in fisheries biology.
Professional Experience
1991-present: Ecologist and Section Leader, Fish Passage Engineering Section, S. O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center, Biological Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey, Turners Falls, Massachusetts
1991-present: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology; Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts
1989-1990: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Marine Resource Studies, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Zoology, University of Maine 1989
M.Sc. Zoology, University of Rhode Island 1985
B. Sc. Biology, University of Michigan 1981
Affiliations and Memberships*
1985-present: American Fisheries Society Parent Society, Bethesda, MD
1985-present: American Fisheries Society Southern New England Chapter, Woods Hole, MA
1991-present: American Fisheries Society Bioengineering Section, Bethesda, MD
1992-present: University of Massachusetts, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation, Amherst, MA
1996-present: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, American Eel Management Plan Technical Committee, Fish Passage Working Group, Washington, DC
1996-present: Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission (Fish Passage, Shad Studies Work Group, American Eel Subcommittee)
2000 – present: International Council for Exploration of the Seas (ICES) North American Eel Working Group
2012-present: Great Lakes Fisheries Commission Sea Lamprey Research Board; Trapping Task Force and Barriers Task Force
2010-present: American Society of Civil Engineers Environmental and Water Resources Institute - American Fisheries Society Bioengineering Section Committee on Fish Passage Fisheries Engineering Joint
Science and Products
Development of computational fluid dynamics--habitat suitability (CFD-HSI) models to identify potential passage--Challenge zones for migratory fishes in the Penobscot River
Evaluation of nature-like and technical fishways for the passage of alewives at two coastal streams in New England
Passage of American shad: paradigms and realities
Fish guidance and passage at barriers
Population and habitat restoration - Preamble to section 5
Fishway evaluations for better bioengineering: An integrative approach
Three-dimensional movement of silver-phase American eels in the forebay of a small hydroelectric facility
Quantifying migratory delay: A new application of survival analysis
Simulated effects of hydroelectric project regulation on mortality of American eels
Evaluation of the effects of turbulence on the behaviour of migratory fish
Behavior and passage of silver-phase American eels, Anguilla rostrata (LeSueur), at a small hydroelectric facility
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Development of computational fluid dynamics--habitat suitability (CFD-HSI) models to identify potential passage--Challenge zones for migratory fishes in the Penobscot River
Evaluation of nature-like and technical fishways for the passage of alewives at two coastal streams in New England
Passage of American shad: paradigms and realities
Fish guidance and passage at barriers
Population and habitat restoration - Preamble to section 5
Fishway evaluations for better bioengineering: An integrative approach
Three-dimensional movement of silver-phase American eels in the forebay of a small hydroelectric facility
Quantifying migratory delay: A new application of survival analysis
Simulated effects of hydroelectric project regulation on mortality of American eels
Evaluation of the effects of turbulence on the behaviour of migratory fish
Behavior and passage of silver-phase American eels, Anguilla rostrata (LeSueur), at a small hydroelectric facility
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
*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