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>MCR LTER: Coral Reef: Population Dynamics: Symbiodinium population initial sampling conditions in corals of Moorea</title>
<creator id="mcrlter">
			<organizationName>Moorea Coral Reef LTER</organizationName>
			<address>
				<deliveryPoint>Marine Science Institute</deliveryPoint>
				<deliveryPoint>University of California</deliveryPoint>
				<city>Santa Barbara</city>
				<administrativeArea>CA</administrativeArea>
				<postalCode>93106-6150</postalCode>
				<country>USA</country>
			</address>
			<onlineUrl>http://mcr.lternet.edu/</onlineUrl>
		</creator>
<creator id="rgates">
			<individualName>
				<givenName>Ruth</givenName>
				<surName>Gates</surName>
			</individualName>
			<organizationName>Moorea Coral Reef LTER</organizationName>
			<positionName>Investigator</positionName>
			<address>
				<deliveryPoint>Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology/SOEST</deliveryPoint>
				<deliveryPoint>PO Box 1346</deliveryPoint>
				<deliveryPoint>University of Hawaii</deliveryPoint>
				<city>Kaneohe</city>
				<administrativeArea>HI</administrativeArea>
				<postalCode>96744</postalCode>
				<country>USA</country>
			</address>
			<phone phonetype="voice">808.236.7420</phone>
			<phone phonetype="fax">808.236.7443</phone>
			<electronicMailAddress>rgates@hawaii.edu</electronicMailAddress>
			<onlineUrl>http://www.hawaii.edu/zoology/faculty/gates.htm</onlineUrl>
			<onlineUrl>http://www.hawaii.edu/HIMB/faculty/gates.html</onlineUrl>
			<userId directory="http://orcid.org">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4523-1403</userId> <!-- rgates -->
		</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-mcr/15/13</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
			<organizationName>Moorea Coral Reef LTER</organizationName>
			<positionName>Information Manager</positionName>
			<address>
				<deliveryPoint>Marine Science Institute</deliveryPoint>
				<deliveryPoint>University of California</deliveryPoint>
				<city>Santa Barbara</city>
				<administrativeArea>CA</administrativeArea>
				<postalCode>93106-6150</postalCode>
				<country>USA</country>
			</address>
			<phone phonetype="voice">805.893.2071</phone>
			<electronicMailAddress>mcrlter@msi.ucsb.edu</electronicMailAddress>
			<onlineUrl>http://mcr.lternet.edu/about/contact</onlineUrl>
		</contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>