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>Time-series of high-frequency profiles of fluorescence-based phytoplankton spectral groups in Beaverdam Reservoir, Carvins Cove Reservoir, Falling Creek Reservoir, Gatewood Reservoir, and Spring Hollow Reservoir in southwestern Virginia, USA 2014-2023</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Cayelan</givenName>
            <givenName>C.</givenName>
            <surName>Carey</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>cayelan@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-4476</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Adrienne</givenName>
            <surName>Breef-Pilz</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>abreefpilz@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-0063</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Mary</givenName>
            <givenName>E.</givenName>
            <surName>Lofton</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>melofton@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3270-1330</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Austin</givenName>
            <givenName>D.</givenName>
            <surName>Delany</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>addelany@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-6300</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/1101/5</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Cayelan</givenName>
            <givenName>C.</givenName>
            <surName>Carey</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>cayelan@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8835-4476</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>