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 geographic information regarding vegetation transects set up at the Argilla Rd. Salt marsh restoration site in Ipswich and a reference marsh (Rough Meadows) in Rowley, Massachusetts.</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>
<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/19/6</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>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>