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>Ambient nutrients, carbon, and DOM absorbance metrics along with experimental dissolved oxygen decay rates for 5-day incubations of water within the Waccamaw River Watershed, SC, Summer 2020.</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Curtis</givenName>
        <givenName>J</givenName>
        <surName>Szewczyk</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of South Carolina</organizationName>
      <positionName>Graduate Assistant</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>curtis.szewczyk@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-4110-2882</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Claudia</givenName>
        <surName>Benitez-Nelson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of South Carolina</organizationName>
      <positionName>Distinguished Professor &amp; Associate Dean for Instruction, Community Engagement, and Research</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>cbnelson@geol.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-1004-5048</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Erik</givenName>
        <surName>Smith</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve</organizationName>
      <positionName>Reserve Manager</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>erik@baruch.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </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/1284/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Curtis</givenName>
        <givenName>J</givenName>
        <surName>Szewczyk</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of South Carolina</organizationName>
      <positionName>Graduate Assistant</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>curtis.szewczyk@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-4110-2882</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Claudia</givenName>
        <surName>Benitez-Nelson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of South Carolina</organizationName>
      <positionName>Distinguished Professor &amp; Associate Dean for Instruction, Community Engagement, and Research</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>cbnelson@geol.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-1004-5048</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Erik</givenName>
        <surName>Smith</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve</organizationName>
      <positionName>Reserve Manager</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>erik@baruch.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>