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: 3D photogrammetry improves measurement of growth and biodiversity patterns in branching corals; data for Curtis 2023, Coral Reefs</title>
<creator>
      <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>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Adrian</givenName>
        <surName>Stier</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>MCR LTER</organizationName>
      <positionName>Investigator</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>astier@ucsb.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-4704-4145</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Craig</givenName>
        <surName>Osenberg</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>MCR LTER</organizationName>
      <positionName>Collaborator</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>osenberg@uga.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-1918-7904</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Joseph</givenName>
        <givenName>Schmidt</givenName>
        <surName>Curtis</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Otago</organizationName>
      <positionName>Collaborator</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>310 Castle St</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Dunedin</city>
        <administrativeArea>Otago</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>9010</postalCode>
        <country>New Zealand</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">13236302923</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>joseph.curtis@postgrad.otago.ac.nz</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-1567-4385</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-mcr/5049/2</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/</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>