Method Step

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<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>Supplemental data Effects of imidacloprid exposure on honey bee colony growth and activity</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>William</givenName>
        <givenName>G.</givenName>
        <surName>Meikle</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service</organizationName>
      <positionName>Research Entomologist</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA-ARS</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>2000 E. Allen Rd</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Tucson</city>
        <administrativeArea>AZ</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>85719</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">5206479196</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>william.meikle@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-1759-6950</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/863/3</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>William</givenName>
        <givenName>G.</givenName>
        <surName>Meikle</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service</organizationName>
      <positionName>Research Entomologist</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA-ARS</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>2000 E. Allen Rd</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Tucson</city>
        <administrativeArea>AZ</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>85719</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">5206479196</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>william.meikle@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-1759-6950</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>