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>Spatiotemporal Assessment and Composition of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Bermejo River Basin in the Ecuadorian Amazonia</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Federico</givenName>
            <surName>Sinche Chele</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Oak Ridge National Laboratory</organizationName>
         <positionName>Postdoctoral Research Associate</positionName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>Oak Ridge, P.O. Box 2008, TN 37831, US</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Oak Ridge</city>
            <administrativeArea>TN</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>37831</postalCode>
            <country>United States</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>sinchechelfl@ornl.gov</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-1190-2395</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Roly</givenName>
            <surName>Ramirez</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Universidad Estatal Amazónica-Sede Sucumbíos</organizationName>
         <positionName>Research Associate</positionName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>Vía Aguarico tras Batallón 56 Rayo y la Cia. Coll, Nueva Loja, Sucumbíos 210150, Ecuador</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Lago Agrio</city>
            <administrativeArea>Sucumbios</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>210150</postalCode>
            <country>Ecuador</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>rw.ramirezp@uea.edu.ec</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-7705-3061</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Manuel</givenName>
            <surName>Cabrera</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Universidad Estatal Amazónica-Sede Sucumbíos</organizationName>
         <positionName>Research Associate</positionName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>Vía Aguarico tras Batallón 56 Rayo y la Cia. Coll, Nueva Loja, Sucumbíos 210150, Ecuador</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Lago Agrio</city>
            <administrativeArea>Sucumbios</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>210150</postalCode>
            <country>Ecuador</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>manuelcabreraquezada@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9903-3977</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/1577/6</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Federico</givenName>
            <surName>Sinche Chele</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Oak Ridge National Laboratory</organizationName>
         <positionName>Postdoctoral Research Associate</positionName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>Oak Ridge, P.O. Box 2008, TN 37831, US</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Oak Ridge</city>
            <administrativeArea>TN</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>37831</postalCode>
            <country>United States</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>fsinche@siu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-1190-2395</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>