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>Extreme Drought in Grassland Ecosystems (EDGE) Net Primary Production Quadrat Data at the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Lauren</givenName>
            <surName>Baur</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of New Mexico</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>lbaur@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Scott</givenName>
            <surName>Collins</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of New Mexico</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>scollins@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0193-2892</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Esteban</givenName>
            <surName>Muldavin</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of New Mexico</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>muldavin@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Jennifer</givenName>
            <givenName>A</givenName>
            <surName>Rudgers</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of New Mexico</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>jrudgers@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-4857</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>William</givenName>
            <givenName>T.</givenName>
            <surName>Pockman</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of New Mexico</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>pockman@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3286-0457</userId>
      </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-sev/297/233963</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <organizationName>University of New Mexico</organizationName>
         <positionName>Information Manager</positionName>
         <electronicMailAddress>sevim@unm.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>