Method Step

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<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 Northern Hardwood Ecosystems (MELNHE): Root biomass and growth responses to nitrogen and phosphorus</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>Shiyi</givenName>
        <surName>Li</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Cornell University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>sl2577@cornell.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-1451-7428</userId>
      <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/05bnh6r87</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Shan</givenName>
        <surName>Shan</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Miami University</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Miami University</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>Department of Biology 212 Pearson Hall</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Oxford</city>
        <administrativeArea>OH</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>45056</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>sshan5@wisc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-3916-8364</userId>
      <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/05nbqxr67</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Melany</givenName>
        <surName>Fisk</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Miami University</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Miami University</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>Department of Biology 212 Pearson Hall</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Oxford</city>
        <administrativeArea>Ohio</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>45056</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>fiskmc@miamioh.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-4248-0180</userId>
      <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/05nbqxr67</userId>
    </creator>
<creator xmlns:eml="https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.2.0" xmlns:stmml="http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml-1.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ruth</givenName>
        <givenName>D</givenName>
        <surName>Yanai</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>SUNY-ESF</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>rdyanai@syr.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6987-2489</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Joel</givenName>
        <surName>Blum</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Michigan</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>University of Michigan Department: Department of Geological Sciences</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>1100 N University Avenue</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Ann Arbor</city>
        <administrativeArea>MI</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>48109-1063</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>jdblum@umich.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-5389-8633</userId>
      <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/00jmfr291</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/374/6</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact xmlns:eml="https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.2.0" xmlns:stmml="http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml-1.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <organizationName>Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hbr-im@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>