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>Community composition, richness, and density of endobionts from two sponge species in Crete, Greece, June 2021</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Tal</givenName>
            <surName>Idan</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>tal.idan@weizmann.ac.il</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-6788-2963</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Sigal</givenName>
            <surName>Shefer</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Tel-Aviv University</organizationName>
         <address>
            <administrativeArea>N/A = Not Applicable</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>7626256</postalCode>
         </address>
         <phone phonetype="voice">0523868806</phone>
         <electronicMailAddress>shef@tauex.tau.ac.il</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Giorgos</givenName>
            <surName>Chatzigeorgiou</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>chatzigeorgiou@hcmr.gr</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-3507-6542</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Vasilis</givenName>
            <surName>Gerovasileiou</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Ionian University, Zakynthos, Greece</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>vgerovas@hcmr.gr</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-9143-7480</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Liron</givenName>
            <surName>Goren</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Tel-Aviv University</organizationName>
         <address>
            <administrativeArea>N/A = Not Applicable</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>7626256</postalCode>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>goren.liron@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-4704-5009</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/1568/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Tal</givenName>
            <surName>Idan</surName>
         </individualName>
         <electronicMailAddress>tal.idan@weizmann.ac.il</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-6788-2963</userId>
      </contact>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Liron</givenName>
            <surName>Goren</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Tel-Aviv University</organizationName>
         <address>
            <administrativeArea>N/A = Not Applicable</administrativeArea>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>goren.liron@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-4704-5009</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>