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>Above ground plant, belowground stem and root biomass was measured in moist acidic tussock tundra experimental sites established in 2006 by the Arctic Long-term Ecological Research site (ARC-LTER). Control plots and plots amended with three different levels of nitrogen(N) and phosphorus(P): F10 (10 g/m2 N and 5 g/m2 P), F5 (5 g/m2 N and 2.5 g/m2 P), F2 (2 g/m2 N and 1 g/m2 P) were sampled.</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Laura</givenName>
            <surName>Gough</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Towson University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>lgough@towson.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-9312-7910</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Jennie</givenName>
            <surName>McLaren</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of Texas at El Paso</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>jennie.mclaren@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2004-4783</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/knb-lter-arc/20158/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Laura</givenName>
            <surName>Gough</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Towson University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>lgough@towson.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-9312-7910</userId>
      </contact>
<contact>
         <organizationName>ARCTIC LTER</organizationName>
         <positionName>Information Manager</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>arc_im@mbl.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://ror.org/">5876468</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>