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 measurements of the two tallest Phragmites australis stems per five meter interval along transects at the Argilla Rd. salt marsh restoration site (Ipswich, MA) and Rough Meadows reference marsh (Rowley, MA – Stackyard Road area).</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Robert</givenName>
        <surName>Buchsbaum</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Mass Audubon North Shore, 346 Grapevine Avenue</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Wenham</city>
        <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>01984</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(978) 927-1122</phone>
      <phone phonetype="facsimile">(978) 922-8487</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>rbuchsbaum@massaudubon.org</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>John</givenName>
        <surName>Catena</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>National Marine Fisheries Service</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Gloucester</city>
        <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>01930</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Eric</givenName>
        <surName>Hutchins</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>National Marine Fisheries Service</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Gloucester</city>
        <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>01930</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Sean</givenName>
        <surName>McDermott</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>National Marine Fisheries Service</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Gloucester</city>
        <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>01930</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
    </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/17/6</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Robert</givenName>
        <surName>Buchsbaum</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Mass Audubon North Shore, 346 Grapevine Avenue</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Wenham</city>
        <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>01984</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(978) 927-1122</phone>
      <phone phonetype="facsimile">(978) 922-8487</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>rbuchsbaum@massaudubon.org</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Plum Island Ecosystems LTER</organizationName>
      <onlineUrl>http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>