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 environmental parameters and organic matter analyses for dissolved and particulate organic matter in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA 2015-2016</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Alexandria</givenName>
        <givenName>G.</givenName>
        <surName>Hounshell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>alexgh@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1616-9399</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Hans</givenName>
        <givenName>W.</givenName>
        <surName>Paerl</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hans_paerl@unc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2211-1011</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Nathan</givenName>
        <givenName>S.</givenName>
        <surName>Hall</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nshall@unc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jeremy</givenName>
        <givenName>S.</givenName>
        <surName>Braddy</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jbraddy@email.unc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Karen</givenName>
        <givenName>L.</givenName>
        <surName>Rossignol</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>krossign@email.unc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Randy</givenName>
        <surName>Sloup</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>randys@email.unc.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/181/4</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Alexandria</givenName>
        <givenName>G.</givenName>
        <surName>Hounshell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>alexgh@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1616-9399</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>