{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Murulee Byappanahalli", "hasEmail": "mailto:GS_ASK_GLSC@usgs.gov"}, "description": "This data set includes metadata for fish and microbes from water samples collected in southern Lake Michigan in August 2021. All field eDNA samples were collected using a Tethys-class Long Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (LRAUV) carrying an eDNA sampler, the 3G Environmental Sample Processor (ESP). Water samples were collected at various depths within following target layers: the epilimnion (5-15 m), metalimnion (15-30 m), and hypolimnion (40-70 m) during a 527 km  transit within southern Lake Michigan. Sample metadata for DNA extracts are included here and associated sequences are available in NCBI Bioproject PRJNA1291671.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P14XQCUV", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.68b0bf09d4be02739177e876.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_68b0bf09d4be02739177e876", "keyword": ["DNA sequencing", "Environmental Sample Processor (ESP)", "Great Lakes Region", "Lake Michigan", "Long Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (LRAUV)", "USGS:68b0bf09d4be02739177e876", "biota", "environment", "environmental DNA", "field methods", "fish", "freshwater ecosystems", "inlandWaters", "microbes", "transect sampling", "water sampling"], "modified": "2026-01-13T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-88.1323, 41.6647, -86.1218, 43.1731", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Environmental DNA (eDNA) fish and microbial community analyses in water samples collected by long range autonomous underwater vehicle in southern Lake Michigan (2021)"}