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>Biogeochemical rate data and sediment properties of samples used for a controlled flow through experiment testing the effect of nitrate on organic matter decomposition, PIE LTER, Plum Island Sound estuary, Massachusetts.</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ashley</givenName>
        <surName>Bulseco-McKim</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Northeastern University, Marine Science Center</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Nahant</city>
        <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>Nahant</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>bulseco.a@husky.neu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Anne</givenName>
        <surName>Giblin</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Marine Biological Lab, 7 MBL Street</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Woods Hole</city>
        <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>02543</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(508) 289-7488</phone>
      <phone phonetype="facsimile">(508) 457-1548</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>agiblin@mbl.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="http://orcid.org">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3851-2178</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Jennifer</givenName>
        <surName>Bowen</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>Northeastern University, Marine Science Center, 430 Nahant Road</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Nahant</city>
        <administrativeArea>MA</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>01908</postalCode>
        <country>US</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">(781) 581-7370 x346</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>je.bowen@northeastern.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </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/538/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Plum Island Ecosystems LTER</organizationName>
      <onlineUrl>http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/</onlineUrl>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>