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: Discrete dissolved oxygen monitoring in the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel, collected by the Environmental Monitoring Program, 1997-2018</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <surName>Interagency Ecological Program (IEP)</surName>
      </individualName>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Sarah</givenName>
        <surName>Lesmeister</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Water Resources</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>sarah.lesmeister@water.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5492-1188</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jenna</givenName>
        <surName>Rinde</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Water Resources</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jenna.rinde@water.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6677-4701</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/7/7</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Sarah</givenName>
        <surName>Lesmeister</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Water Resources</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>sarah.lesmeister@water.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5492-1188</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jenna</givenName>
        <surName>Rinde</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Water Resources</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jenna.rinde@water.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6677-4701</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>