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>Porewater nutrient concentrations from control plots at a Spartina alterniflora-dominated salt marsh at Law's Point, Rowley River, Plum Island Ecosystem LTER, MA.</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jim</givenName>
        <surName>Morris</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Bell Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Columbia</city>
        <administrativeArea>SC</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>29208</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(803) 777-5288</phone>
      <phone phonetype="facsimile">(803) 777-4002</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>morris@inlet.geol.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://research.cas.sc.edu/morris/</onlineUrl>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Karen</givenName>
        <surName>Sundberg</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Baruch Marine Field Lab, University of South Carolina</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Georgetown</city>
        <administrativeArea>SC</administrativeArea>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(843) 904-9037</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>sundberg@biol.sc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </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/126/13</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Plum Island Ecosystems LTER</organizationName>
      <onlineUrl>http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>