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>Interagency Ecological Program: Zooplankton abundance in the Upper San Francisco Estuary from 1972-2020, an integration of 5 long-term monitoring programs</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Samuel</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Bashevkin</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Delta Science Program, Delta Stewardship Council</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>sam.bashevkin@deltacouncil.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7406-7089</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Rosemary</givenName>
        <surName>Hartman</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Water Resources</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Rosemary.Hartman@water.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0642-183X</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Madison</givenName>
        <surName>Thomas</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Delta Science Program, Delta Stewardship Council</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Madison.Thomas@parks.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Arthur</givenName>
        <surName>Barros</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Arthur.Barros@Wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Christina</givenName>
        <givenName>E</givenName>
        <surName>Burdi</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Christina.Burdi@wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>April</givenName>
        <surName>Hennessy</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>April.Hennessy@wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Trishelle</givenName>
        <surName>Tempel</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Trishelle.Tempel@wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Karen</givenName>
        <surName>Kayfetz</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Delta Science Program, Delta Stewardship Council</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Kayfetz, Karen@DeltaCouncil</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/230/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Samuel</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Bashevkin</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Delta Science Program, Delta Stewardship Council</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>sam.bashevkin@deltacouncil.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7406-7089</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>