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>Stream nitrate concentrations and discharge, stream nitrate uptake, and results of stream network nitrate model to determine lateral nitrate load from land to stream in Oak Creek, Arizona, USA</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Amalia</givenName>
            <givenName>M</givenName>
            <surName>Handler</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Arizona State University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>amalia.handler@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8372-6488</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Nancy</givenName>
            <surName>Grimm</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Arizona State University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>nbgrimm@asu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9374-660X</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Ashely</givenName>
            <surName>Helton</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of Connecticut</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>ashley.helton@uconn.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6928-2104</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-cap/716/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Amalia</givenName>
            <givenName>M</givenName>
            <surName>Handler</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Arizona State University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>amalia.handler@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8372-6488</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>