Method Step

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<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>Mountain Lake Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Climate Data since 1959 at Castle Lake</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <salutation>PhD</salutation>
        <givenName>Sudeep</givenName>
        <surName>Chandra</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Nevada, Reno</organizationName>
      <positionName>Professor of Limnology and Conservation Ecology </positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>sudeep@unr.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-1724-5154</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Erin</givenName>
        <givenName>K</givenName>
        <surName>Suenaga</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Nevada, Reno</organizationName>
      <positionName>Specialist Limnology Researcher</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>esuenaga@unr.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-1020-3755</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Facundo</givenName>
        <surName>Scordo</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Unversity of Nevada, Reno</organizationName>
      <positionName>Postdoctoral Reseracher</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>scordo@agro.uba.ar</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-6182-7368</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Tyler</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Daniel</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Environmental Data Initiative</organizationName>
      <positionName>Data Fellow &amp; Data Manager</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>tyler.anne.daniel@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
    </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/985/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <salutation>PhD</salutation>
        <givenName>Sudeep</givenName>
        <surName>Chandra</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Nevada, Reno</organizationName>
      <positionName>Professor of Limnology and Conservation Ecology</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>sudeep@unr.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-1724-5154</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>