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>LTREB:  Aboveground biomass, plant density, annual aboveground productivity, and plant heights in control and fertilized plots in a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh, North Inlet, Georgetown, SC:  1984-2021</title>
<creator>
            <individualName>
                <salutation>Dr.</salutation>
                <givenName>James</givenName>
                <surName>Morris</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences</organizationName>
            <address>
                <deliveryPoint>University of South Carolina</deliveryPoint>
                <city>Columbia</city>
                <administrativeArea>SC</administrativeArea>
                <country>United States</country>
            </address>
            <electronicMailAddress>morris@inlet.geol.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
            <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-0511-642X</userId>
        </creator>
<creator>
            <individualName>
                <givenName>Karen</givenName>
                <surName>Sundberg</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences</organizationName>
            <address>
                <deliveryPoint>PO Box 1630</deliveryPoint>
                <city>Georgetown</city>
                <administrativeArea>SC</administrativeArea>
                <postalCode>29442</postalCode>
                <country>United States</country>
            </address>
            <electronicMailAddress>sundberg@biol.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
            <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-5871-6376</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/693/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
            <individualName>
                <salutation>Dr.</salutation>
                <givenName>James</givenName>
                <surName>Morris</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences</organizationName>
            <address>
                <deliveryPoint>University of South Carolina</deliveryPoint>
                <city>Columbia</city>
                <administrativeArea>SC</administrativeArea>
                <country>United States</country>
            </address>
            <electronicMailAddress>morris@inlet.geol.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
            <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-0511-642X</userId>
        </contact>
<contact>
            <individualName>
                <givenName>Karen</givenName>
                <surName>Sundberg</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences</organizationName>
            <address>
                <deliveryPoint>PO Box 1630</deliveryPoint>
                <city>Georgetown</city>
                <administrativeArea>SC</administrativeArea>
                <postalCode>29442</postalCode>
                <country>United States</country>
            </address>
            <electronicMailAddress>sundberg@biol.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
            <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-5871-6376</userId>
        </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>