Christine Kirchhoff|Rebecca Esselman|Daniel G. Brown
Boundary organizations to boundary chains: Prospects for advancing climate science application
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Great Lakes Fishery Commission|NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
adapting climate change requires production use climate information inform adaptation decisions facilitating sustained interaction science producers boundary organizations narrow gap science decisionmaking foster coproduction actionable knowledge traditional boundary organization approaches focused intense oneonone interactions producers users increases usability approach requires significant time resources forming boundary chains linking complimentary boundary organizations together may reduce costs paper use longitudinal observations boundary chain interviews surveys explore 1 produceruser interactions increase understanding information usability 2 efficiencies climate information production dissemination use arise result boundary chain find forming sustaining effective boundary chain requires interest commitment investment every link chain also level nonoverlapping mutual dependency complementary skill sets case glisas strength producing scientific information credibility climate scientists hrwcs strengths facilitation connection potential information users recognition reputation watershed add value boundary chain enabling boundary chain accomplish greater efficiency organization chain tried work independently finally data show boundary chain increased efficiencies educating potential users strengths limitations climate science improving production dissemination use climate information