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>Marcell Experimental Forest stable isotopes of water, 2008 - ongoing</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jonathan</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Stelling</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Minnesota</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jstellin@umn.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-4240</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Stephen</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Sebestyen</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>stephen.sebestyen@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6315-0108</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Natalie</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Griffiths</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>griffithsna@ornl.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0068-7714</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Carl</givenName>
        <surName>Mitchell</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Toronto Scarborough</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>carl.mitchell@utoronto.ca</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-5138</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Mark</givenName>
        <givenName>B</givenName>
        <surName>Green</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Case Western Reserve University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>mbg78@case.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7415-7209</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Nina</givenName>
        <givenName>K</givenName>
        <surName>Lany</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nina.lany@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0868-266X</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/747/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Data Manager, Marcell Experimental Forest</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>nina.lany@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>