Method Step

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<methodStep>
<description>
<para>This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.</para>
<para>This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.</para>
</description>
<dataSource>
<title>Zooplankton density and size data in Lake Awosting, Lake Minnewaska, and Mohonk Lake, NY, USA 2013-2018</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Heather</givenName>
        <givenName>L.</givenName>
        <surName>Wander</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hwander@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3762-6045</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jonathan</givenName>
        <givenName>P.</givenName>
        <surName>Doubek</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Lake Superior State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jdoubek@lssu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-4715</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jason</givenName>
        <givenName>D.</givenName>
        <surName>Stockwell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Vermont</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jason.stockwell@uvm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-6799</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>David</givenName>
        <givenName>C.</givenName>
        <surName>Richardson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY New Paltz</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>richardsond@newpaltz.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-9624</userId>
    </creator>
<distribution>
<online>
<onlineDescription>This online link references an EML document that describes data used in the creation of this derivative data package.</onlineDescription>
<url function="information">https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/101/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Heather</givenName>
        <givenName>L.</givenName>
        <surName>Wander</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hwander@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3762-6045</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>