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>PIE LTER dissolved nutrient and particulate concentrations of freshwater inputs to the Plum Island estuarine system, Massachusetts, taken approximately monthly.</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Wilfred</givenName>
        <surName>Wollheim</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>WSAG Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space,Morse Hall, Room 452, 8 College Road</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Durham</city>
        <administrativeArea>NH</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>03824</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(603) 862-0812</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>Wil.Wollheim@unh.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="http://orcid.org">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5009-3212</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Charles</givenName>
        <surName>Hopkinson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>University of Georgia, 289A Marine Sciences Building</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Athens</city>
        <administrativeArea>GA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>30602</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(706) 542-1855</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>chopkins@uga.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="http://orcid.org">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7331-8322</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <organizationName>Plum Island Ecosystems LTER</organizationName>
      <onlineUrl>http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/</onlineUrl>
    </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-pie/104/10</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Plum Island Ecosystems LTER</organizationName>
      <onlineUrl>http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>