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>Time series of high-frequency sensor data measuring water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pressure, conductivity, 
         specific conductance, total dissolved solids, chlorophyll a, phycocyanin, and fluorescent dissolved organic matter at discrete depths 
         in Falling Creek Reservoir, Virginia, USA in 2018-2020</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>Whitney</givenName>
        <givenName>M .</givenName>
        <surName>Woelmer</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>wwoelmer@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5147-3877</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Abigail</givenName>
        <givenName>S. L.</givenName>
        <surName>Lewis</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>aslewis@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-4542</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Adrienne</givenName>
        <surName>Breef-Pilz</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>abreefpilz@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-0063</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Dexter</givenName>
        <givenName>W.</givenName>
        <surName>Howard</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>dwh1998@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6118-2149</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Bethany</givenName>
        <givenName>J.</givenName>
        <surName>Bookout</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>bethanyb18@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8394-926X</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/85/4</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>