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>Effects of Plant Removal on Mineralization Rates at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gunnison County, Colorado: 2018</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kenna</givenName>
        <givenName>E</givenName>
        <surName>Rewcastle</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Vermont</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Kenna.Rewcastle@uvm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-2399</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jeremiah</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Henning</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of South Alabama</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>henning@southalabama.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2214-4895</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Quentin</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Read</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>qread@sesync.org</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4315-5582</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Rebecca</givenName>
        <givenName>E</givenName>
        <surName>Irwin</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>North Carolina State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>reirwin@ncsu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1394-4946</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Nathan</givenName>
        <givenName>J</givenName>
        <surName>Sanders</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Michigan</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>njsander@umich.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-6731</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Aimee</givenName>
        <givenName>T</givenName>
        <surName>Classen</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Michigan</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>aclassen@umich.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6741-3470</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/361/4</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kenna</givenName>
        <givenName>E</givenName>
        <surName>Rewcastle</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Vermont</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>Kenna.Rewcastle@uvm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-2399</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>