The Columbia River Basin is a complex social‐ecological system, spanning political, legal, socio‐economic, geographic, and biophysical boundaries. Outreach to others in social networks develops fundamental communications needed for sustainable collaborations in adaptive management. However, operationalizing and comparing measures of social processes and outcome success in biophysical indicators remains challenging for resource managers. Using survey‐based research, we examined the interactions for water resource governance of five Columbia River reservoir basins in the northwestern US and Canada: Lakes Chelan, Roosevelt, Pend Oreille, Koocanusa, and člq'etkw (Flathead). Respondents included: water resource professionals working for Tribes/First Nations, federal, state, or provincial departments in water quality and/or fisheries, and people who engage in the networks on behalf of area businesses, government offices, public services, non‐profit organizations, and other entities. Perceived social process metrics in these governance networks included the levels of collaboration and inclusiveness, common goals, common strategies, identifying issues, implementing action, and the adequacy of available scientific data. We evaluated social measures relative to participant‐reported changes in physical lake health indicators. Qualitative data‐enhanced understanding of basin‐specific differences. Correlations of social by ecological measures varied widely between basins. Even moderate to strong functionality parameters did not scale well from individual to cross‐basin levels, as many correlations vanished with data aggregated. However, data analysis at the basin scale revealed important variability across the region in scope and governance functionality. Process indicators such as identifying issues and implementing action yielded stronger relationships for 10‐year horizons than for 2 years, reflecting the lag‐time in resource action.

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关联社会网络，生态健康和水库流域治理

哥伦比亚河流域是一个复杂的社会生态系统，跨越政治，法律，社会经济，地理和生物物理边界。社交网络中与其他人的联系发展了适应性管理中可持续合作所需的基本沟通。但是，对资源管理者而言，在社会物理指标中对社会过程和成果成功的措施进行操作和比较仍然具有挑战性。通过基于调查的研究，我们研究了美国西北部和加拿大西北部的五个哥伦比亚河水库盆地水资源治理之间的相互作用：Chelan湖，Roosevelt湖，Pend Oreille湖，Koocanusa湖和člq'etkw湖（Flathead湖）。受访者包括：为部落/原住民，联邦，州或省级水质和/或渔业部门工作的水资源专业人士，以及代表地区企业，政府部门，公共服务，非营利组织和其他实体参与网络的人员。这些治理网络中可感知的社会过程指标包括协作和包容性的水平，共同的目标，共同的战略，确定问题，实施行动以及可获得的科学数据的充分性。我们评估了与参与者报告的自然湖泊健康指标变化相关的社会措施。定性数据增强了对流域特定差异的理解。流域之间，生态措施对社会的影响差异很大。从个人到跨流域级别，甚至中等到强大的功能参数都无法很好地扩展，因为许多相关性随着数据汇总而消失。然而，流域规模的数据分析显示，整个区域在范围和治理功能方面存在重要的变化。识别问题和执行行动等过程指标在10年的视野中比在2年中产生了更牢固的关系，反映了资源行动的滞后时间。