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 depth, temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, specific conductivity, chlorophyll a, turbidity, pH, oxidation-reduction potential, photosynthetically active radiation, colored dissolved organic matter, phycocyanin, phycoerythrin, and descent rate for Beaverdam Reservoir, Carvins Cove Reservoir, Falling Creek Reservoir, Gatewood Reservoir, and Spring Hollow Reservoir in southwestern Virginia, USA 2013-2023</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>Abigail</givenName>
            <givenName>S. L.</givenName>
            <surName>Lewis</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>aslewis@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-4542</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>
<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/1113/2</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>