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>Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Soil Acid-Base Properties and Microbial Activity, Watershed  1 and West of Watershed 6 (2015-2016)</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Emily</givenName>
        <surName>Bernhardt</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Duke University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>emily.bernhardt@duke.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-3031-621X</userId>
      <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/00py81415</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Richard</givenName>
        <givenName>E</givenName>
        <surName>Marinos</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University at Buffalo</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>rmarinos@buffalo.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-1894-0733</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/387/1</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>