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>Missouri reservoir water quality data (2022 - current) from the Statewide Lake Assessment Program (SLAP)</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Rebecca</givenName>
            <givenName>L.</givenName>
            <surName>North</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of Missouri</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>northr@missouri.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-5939</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>David</givenName>
            <givenName>C.</givenName>
            <surName>Richardson</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>SUNY New Paltz</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>richardsond@newpaltz.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-9624</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Andrea</givenName>
            <surName>Price</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of Missouri</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>amp4c8@missouri.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Lorena</givenName>
            <surName>Pinheiro-Silva</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Horn Point Laboratory-University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>lsilva@umces.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Silsbe</givenName>
            <givenName>M.</givenName>
            <surName>Greg</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Horn Point Laboratory-University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>gsilsbe@umces.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2673-1162</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/1830/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Rebecca</givenName>
            <givenName>L.</givenName>
            <surName>North</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of Missouri</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>northr@missouri.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-5939</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>