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>Multiple Element Limitation in Northeast Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE): Fine Root Biomass, 2008-2018</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Timothy</givenName>
            <givenName>J</givenName>
            <surName>Fahey</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Cornell University</organizationName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>Department of Natural Resource</deliveryPoint>
            <deliveryPoint>Cornell University</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Ithaca</city>
            <administrativeArea>NY</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>14853</postalCode>
            <country>USA</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>tjf5@cornell.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1283-1162</userId>
         <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/05bnh6r87</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Ruth</givenName>
            <givenName>D</givenName>
            <surName>Yanai</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>SUNY-ESF</organizationName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry</deliveryPoint>
            <deliveryPoint>210 Marshall Hall</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Syracuse</city>
            <administrativeArea>NY</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>13210</postalCode>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>rdyanai@syr.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6987-2489</userId>
         <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/00qv0tw17</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-hbr/341/6</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <positionName>Information Manager, Hubbard Brook LTER</positionName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>234 Mirror Lake Road</deliveryPoint>
            <city>North Woodstock</city>
            <administrativeArea>NH</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>03262</postalCode>
            <country>USA</country>
         </address>
         <phone phonetype="voice">(603) 726-8902</phone>
         <electronicMailAddress>hbr-im@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <onlineUrl>https://www.hubbardbrook.org</onlineUrl>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>