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>United States Pacific Northwest surveys of coastal foredune topography and vegetation abundance, 2012-2014</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Reuben</givenName>
        <givenName>G</givenName>
        <surName>Biel</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>reuben.biel@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7489-7808</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Sally</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Hacker</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hackers@science.oregonstate.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5036-9629</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Peter</givenName>
        <surName>Ruggiero</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>pruggier@coas.oregonstate.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7425-9953</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Lindsay</givenName>
        <surName>Carroll</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University</organizationName>
    </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/276/4</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Reuben</givenName>
        <givenName>G</givenName>
        <surName>Biel</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>reuben.biel@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7489-7808</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>