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: Long-term Population and Community Dynamics: Other Benthic Invertebrates, ongoing since 2005</title>
<creator id="MCR">
      <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>
      </creator>
<creator id="rcarpenter">
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Robert</givenName>
        <surName>Carpenter</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Moorea Coral Reef LTER</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Department of Biology</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>California State University</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>18111 Nordhoff Street</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Northridge</city>
        <administrativeArea>CA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>91330-8303</postalCode>
        <country>USA</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">818.677.3256</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>robert.carpenter@csun.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://www.csun.edu/science-mathematics/biology/robert-c-carpenter</onlineUrl>
    <userId directory="http://orcid.org">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4232-1868</userId> <!-- rcarpenter -->
    </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/7/33</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>