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>Underwater temperature, light, and dissolved oxygen data from 3 mini-buoys in Lake Sunapee, NH, USA from June to October 2018</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Nicole</givenName>
        <givenName>K</givenName>
        <surName>Ward</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nkward@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7549-0153</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jennifer</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Brentrup</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Dartmouth College</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jennifer.a.brentrup@dartmouth.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4818-7762</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ava</givenName>
        <givenName>E</givenName>
        <surName>Johnson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Ava5@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<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>Kathleen</givenName>
        <givenName>C</givenName>
        <surName>Weathers</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>weathersk@caryinstitute.org</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3575-6508</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>June</givenName>
        <givenName>R</givenName>
        <surName>Fichter</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Lake Sunapee Protective Association</organizationName>
    </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/211/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Nicole</givenName>
        <givenName>K</givenName>
        <surName>Ward</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nkward@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7549-0153</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>