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>Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Thaw Gradient: Annual decomposition of a common substrate, 2004-2018</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Elaine</givenName>
        <givenName>F.</givenName>
        <surName>Pegoraro</surName>
      </individualName>
      <positionName>Ph.D. Student</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, bulding 17, room 310</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Flagstaff</city>
        <administrativeArea>AZ</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>86011</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">407-412-8881</phone>
      <!--No fax info present in Database  ( pers/fax when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <electronicMailAddress>epegoraro89@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://www2.nau.edu/schuurlab-p/</onlineUrl>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Caitlin</givenName>
        <givenName>Elizabeth</givenName>
        <surName>Hicks-Pries</surName>
      </individualName>
      <!--No position recorded in Database ( pers/position when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <!--No address recorded in database ( pers/address when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <!--No phone info in Database  ( pers/tel1, tel2 or cell when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <!--No fax info present in Database  ( pers/fax when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <!--No email present on file  ( pers/email1 or email2 when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <!--No personal web address info on file-->
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Edward</givenName>
        <givenName>A.G.</givenName>
        <surName>Schuur</surName>
      </individualName>
      <positionName>Senior Investigator</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Northern Arizona University: Ecosystem Science and Society Center (ECOSS)  PO Box 5620</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Flagstaff</city>
        <administrativeArea>AZ</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>86011</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(928) 523-8344</phone>
      <!--No fax info present in Database  ( pers/fax when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <electronicMailAddress>Ted.Schuur@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://www2.nau.edu/schuurlab-p/</onlineUrl>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <organizationName>Bonanza Creek LTER</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit </deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>University of Alaska Fairbanks</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>P.O. Box 756780 </deliveryPoint>
        <city>Fairbanks</city>
        <administrativeArea>AK</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>99775</postalCode>
        <country>USA</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">907-474-6364</phone>
      <phone phonetype="fax">907-474-6251</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>uaf-bnz-im-team@alaska.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://www.lter.uaf.edu</onlineUrl>
    </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-bnz/507/17</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Bonanza Creek LTER</organizationName>
      <positionName>Data Manager</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit </deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>University of Alaska Fairbanks</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>P.O. Box 756780 </deliveryPoint>
        <city>Fairbanks</city>
        <administrativeArea>AK</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>99775</postalCode>
        <country>USA</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">907-474-6364</phone>
      <phone phonetype="fax">907-474-6251</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>uaf-bnz-im-team@alaska.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://www.lter.uaf.edu</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>