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>Total organic carbon, total nitrogen, and iron-bound organic carbon in surficial sediment and settling particulate material from Falling Creek and Beaverdam Reservoirs in 2019 and 2021</title>
<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>Madeline</givenName>
        <givenName>E.</givenName>
        <surName>Schreiber</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>arpitadas@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>B.</givenName>
        <givenName>R.</givenName>
        <surName>Niederlehner</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>bniederl@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Arpita</givenName>
        <surName>Das</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>mschreib@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<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>
<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/881/5</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <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>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>