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>Six decades (1959-2021) of water quality in the upper San Francisco Estuary: an integrated database of 15 discrete monitoring surveys in the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Bay, Suisun Marsh, and San Francisco Bay</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>Sarah</givenName>
        <givenName>E</givenName>
        <surName>Perry</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>CA Department of Water Resources</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Sarah.Perry@water.ca.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3708-6675</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <givenName>B</givenName>
        <surName>Stumpner</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USGS-CAWSC</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>estumpner@usgs.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2356-2244</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/750/1</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>