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>Lake chloride concentrations and model predictions for 49,432 lakes in the Midwest and
      Northeast United States.</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Hilary</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Dugan</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Wisconsin-Madison</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hdugan@wisc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4674-1149</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Nicholas</givenName>
        <givenName>K</givenName>
        <surName>Skaff</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of California, Berkeley University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nskaff@berkeley.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5929-3966</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jonathan</givenName>
        <givenName>P</givenName>
        <surName>Doubek</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Lake Superior State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jdoubek@lssu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-4715</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Samantha</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Burke</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Guelph</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>samantha.burke2@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Flora</givenName>
        <givenName>E</givenName>
        <surName>Krivak-Tetley</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Dartmouth College</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>fkt.gr@dartmouth.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3521-2460</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jamie</givenName>
        <givenName>C</givenName>
        <surName>Summers</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jamiecsummers@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7497-2326</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/452/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Hilary</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Dugan</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Wisconsin-Madison</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hdugan@wisc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4674-1149</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>