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>Periwinkle snail association with cordgrass on the York River </title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
         <givenName>Serina</givenName>
         <surName>Wittyngham</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>sswittyngham@vims.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/w3e/msql/personnel/msql2/person.html?QID=">swittyngham</userId>
      <userId directory="http://orcid.org">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1421-9690</userId>
   </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
         <givenName>Caroline</givenName>
         <givenName>M</givenName>
         <surName>Failon</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
         <deliveryPoint>Virginia Institute of Marine Science </deliveryPoint>
         <city>Gloucester Point </city>
         <administrativeArea>VA</administrativeArea>
         <postalCode>23062</postalCode>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>caroline.mackenzie.failon@gmail.com</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-vcr/348/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
         <givenName>David</givenName>
         <givenName>S</givenName>
         <surName>Johnson</surName>
      </individualName>
      <address>
         <deliveryPoint>Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences</deliveryPoint>
         <city>Gloucester Point</city>
         <administrativeArea>VA</administrativeArea>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>dsjohnson@vims.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/w3e/msql/personnel/msql2/person.html?QID=">djohnson</userId>
      <userId directory="http://orcid.org">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7898-4893</userId>
   </contact>
<contact id="im">
      <positionName>Information manager - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project</positionName>
      <address>
         <deliveryPoint>Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 291 McCormick Road, PO Box 400123</deliveryPoint>
         <city>Charlottesville</city>
         <administrativeArea>VA</administrativeArea>
         <postalCode>22904-4123</postalCode>
         <country>USA</country>
      </address>
      <phone phonetype="voice">434-924-8999</phone>
      <phone phonetype="facsimile">434-982-2137</phone>
      <electronicMailAddress>jhp7e@virginia.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <onlineUrl>http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3118-5784</onlineUrl>
   </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>