Method Step

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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>Fish abundance in the San Francisco Estuary (1959-2021), an integration of 9 monitoring surveys.</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>Jereme</givenName>
        <givenName>W</givenName>
        <surName>Gaeta</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Interagency Ecological Program</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Jereme.Gaeta@Wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6925-6907</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Trinh</givenName>
        <givenName>X</givenName>
        <surName>Nguyen</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Interagency Ecological Program</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Trinh.Nguyen@Wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9523-1466</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Lara</givenName>
        <surName>Mitchell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>lara_mitchell@fws.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8439-8508</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Shruti</givenName>
        <surName>Khanna</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Interagency Ecological Program</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Shruti.Khanna@Wildlife.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1724-248X</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/746/1</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>