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>Alaskan Peatland Experiment (APEX):  Ammonium Uptake Experiment II - Size Characteristics of Carex aquatilis Plants Harvested in 2016 from Thermokast Features Located in the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest near Fairbanks, Alaska</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Lucas</givenName>
        <givenName>Jacob</givenName>
        <surName>Albano</surName>
      </individualName>
      <positionName>Graduate Student</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto-Mississauga</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Mississauga</city>
        <administrativeArea>Ontario</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>L5L 1C6</postalCode>
        <country>Canada</country>
      </address>
      <!--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>lucas.albano@mail.utoronto.ca</electronicMailAddress>
      <!--No personal web address info on file-->
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Merritt</givenName>
        <givenName>R</givenName>
        <surName>Turetsky</surName>
      </individualName>
      <positionName>Senior Investigator</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado-Boulder</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Boulder</city>
        <administrativeArea>CO</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>80309</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <!--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>merritt.turetsky@colorado.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <!--No personal web address info on file-->
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Michelle</givenName>
        <givenName>Cailin</givenName>
        <surName>Mack</surName>
      </individualName>
      <positionName>Co-Principal 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">(352) 275-1565</phone>
      <!--No fax info present in Database  ( pers/fax when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <electronicMailAddress>Michelle.Mack@nau.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://www2.nau.edu/macklab-p/wordpress/</onlineUrl>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Evan</givenName>
        <givenName>S.</givenName>
        <surName>Kane</surName>
      </individualName>
      <positionName>Affiliated Scientist</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Houghton</city>
        <administrativeArea>MI</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>49931</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(906) 482-6303</phone>
      <!--No fax info present in Database  ( pers/fax when lead_contact=1 )-->
      <electronicMailAddress>eskane@mtu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <!--No personal web address info on file-->
    </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/736/2</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>