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>Water properties of Arco Lake, Budd Lake, Deming Lake, and Josephine Lake in Itasca State Park from 2006-2009 and 2019-2021.</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Swanner</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Iowa State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>eswanner@iastate.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9507-0893</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ioan</givenName>
        <surName>Lascu</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Smithsonian Institution</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>lascui@si.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0729-5687</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Gabrielle</givenName>
        <surName>Ledesma</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Iowa State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>gledesma@iastate.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Tania</givenName>
        <surName>Leung</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Iowa State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Tleung1@iastate.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8218-1313</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Sajjad</givenName>
        <surName>Akam</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Iowa State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>sajjad@iastate.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-0370</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/745/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Swanner</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Iowa State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>eswanner@iastate.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9507-0893</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>