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>The Bear Brook Watershed in Maine, USA: Long-term stream chemistry 1986 - 2016</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kaizad</givenName>
        <givenName>F.</givenName>
        <surName>Patel</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Pacific Northwest National Laboratory</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>kaizad.patel@pnnl.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6437-7809</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ivan</givenName>
        <givenName>J.</givenName>
        <surName>Fernandez</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Maine</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>ivanjf@maine.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7220-2205</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Sarah</givenName>
        <givenName>J.</givenName>
        <surName>Nelson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Maine; Appalachian Mountain Club</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>snelson@outdoors.org</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3000-7521</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Cheryl</givenName>
        <givenName>J.</givenName>
        <surName>Spencer</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Maine</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>rpt372@maine.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Stephen</givenName>
        <givenName>A.</givenName>
        <surName>Norton</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Maine</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>norton@maine.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </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/621/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kaizad</givenName>
        <givenName>F.</givenName>
        <surName>Patel</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Pacific Northwest National Laboratory</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>kaizad.patel@pnnl.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6437-7809</userId>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ivan</givenName>
        <givenName>J.</givenName>
        <surName>Fernandez</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Maine</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>ivanjf@maine.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7220-2205</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>