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, 2004-2019</title>
<creator>
<individualName>
<givenName>Chris</givenName>
<givenName>H</givenName>
<surName>Ebert</surName>
</individualName>
<!--No position recorded in Database ( pers/position when lead_contact=1 )-->
<address>
<deliveryPoint>Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, POBox 5620</deliveryPoint>
<city>Flagstaff</city>
<administrativeArea>AZ</administrativeArea>
<postalCode>86011</postalCode>
<country>United States</country>
</address>
<phone phonetype="voice">952-297-4567
</phone>
<!--No fax info present in Database  ( pers/fax when lead_contact=1 )-->
<electronicMailAddress>christopher.ebert@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
<onlineUrl>https://www2.nau.edu/schuurlab-p/</onlineUrl>
</creator>
<creator>
<individualName>
<givenName>Elaine</givenName>
<givenName>F.</givenName>
<surName>Pegoraro</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 )-->
<electronicMailAddress>elainepegoraro@lbl.gov</electronicMailAddress>
<!--No personal web address info on file-->
</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 )-->
<address>
<deliveryPoint>Building 084, Room 0103D, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab</deliveryPoint>
<city>Berkeley
</city>
<administrativeArea>CA</administrativeArea>
<postalCode>94720
</postalCode>
<country>United States</country>
</address>
<phone phonetype="voice">510-495-8046</phone>
<!--No fax info present in Database  ( pers/fax when lead_contact=1 )-->
<electronicMailAddress>cehpries@lbl.gov
</electronicMailAddress>
<!--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/507/18</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>