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>Dissolved silica time series for Beaverdam Reservoir, Carvins Cove Reservoir, Claytor Lake, Falling Creek Reservoir, Gatewood Reservoir, Smith Mountain Lake, and Spring Hollow Reservoir in southwestern Virginia, USA during 2014</title>
<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>Jonathan</givenName>
        <givenName>P.</givenName>
        <surName>Doubek</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jdoubek@lssu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2651-4715</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jacob</givenName>
        <givenName>H.</givenName>
        <surName>Wynne</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jacobwynne@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4221-1247</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Barbara</givenName>
        <givenName>R.</givenName>
        <surName>Niederlehner</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>bniederl@vt.edu&lt;ca&gt;&lt;ca&gt;&lt;ca&gt;</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/71/5</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <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>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>