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>Interagency Ecological Program: Zooplankton and water quality data in the San Francisco Estuary collected by the Summer Townet and Fall Midwater Trawl monitoring programs.</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Spencer</givenName>
            <givenName>M</givenName>
            <surName>Breining-Aday</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>Spencer.breining-aday@wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7212-8239</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Steven</givenName>
            <givenName>B</givenName>
            <surName>Slater</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>Steve.slater@wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0419-8398</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Christina</givenName>
            <givenName>E</givenName>
            <surName>Burdi</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>Christina.Burdi@wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1565-4475</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/1103/7</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Spencer</givenName>
            <givenName>M</givenName>
            <surName>Breining-Aday</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>Spencer.breining-aday@wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7212-8239</userId>
      </contact>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Christina</givenName>
            <givenName>E</givenName>
            <surName>Burdi</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>Christina.Burdi@wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1565-4475</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>