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>
<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>
<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="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-4232-1868</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/7/35</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>