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>Euphausia superba length frequency from zooplankton collected with a 2-m, 700-um net towed from surface to 120 m, aboard Palmer LTER annual cruises off the coast of the Western Antarctic Peninsula, 1993 - 2020.</title>
<creator>
      <organizationName>Palmer Station Antarctica LTER</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Rutgers Marine &amp; Coastal Sciences</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>71 Dudley Road</deliveryPoint>
        <city>New Brunswick</city>
        <administrativeArea>NJ</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>08901</postalCode>
        <country>USA</country>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>pallter@marine.rutgers.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://pallter.marine.rutgers.edu</onlineUrl>
      <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/0139hn422</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Deborah</givenName>
        <surName>Steinberg</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Institute of Marine Science</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>debbies@vims.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9884-4655</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-pal/312/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Palmer Station Antarctica LTER</organizationName>
      <positionName>PAL LTER Information Manager</positionName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Rutgers Marine &amp; Coastal Sciences</deliveryPoint>
        <deliveryPoint>71 Dudley Rd</deliveryPoint>
        <city>New Brunswick</city>
        <administrativeArea>NJ</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>08901</postalCode>
        <country>USA</country>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>pallter@marine.rutgers.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>https://pallter.marine.rutgers.edu</onlineUrl>
      <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/0139hn422</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>