Method Step

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<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>Drivers of algal abundance in edge of ranch and internal ditches on a south-central Florida ranch, 2023.</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Alana</givenName>
            <surName>Strauss</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Archbold Biological Station</organizationName>
         <positionName>Research Intern</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>strauss@uada.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Patrick</givenName>
            <givenName>T</givenName>
            <surName>Kelly</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Rhodes College, Tennessee</organizationName>
         <positionName>Assistant Professor of Biology</positionName>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Haoyu</givenName>
            <surName>Li</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Archbold Biological Station</organizationName>
         <positionName>Research Assistant</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>li.haoyu@archbold-station.org</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Kathryn</givenName>
            <givenName>G</givenName>
            <surName>Smith</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Archbold Biological Station</organizationName>
         <positionName>Research Assistant</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>kgsmith1650@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Amartya</givenName>
            <givenName>K</givenName>
            <surName>Saha</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Archbold Biological Station</organizationName>
         <positionName>Ecohydrologist and Instrumentation Specialist</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>asaha@archbold-station.org</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
            <givenName>H</givenName>
            <surName>Boughton</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Archbold Biological Station</organizationName>
         <positionName>Director of Agroecology, Senior Research Biologist</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>eboughton@archbold-station.org</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-0932-280X</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/1755/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <surName>Data Manager</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Archbold Biological Station</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>datamanager@archbold-station.org</electronicMailAddress>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>