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>Dune Biomass on Hog Island, Virginia Coastal Barrier Islands, 1993-2012</title>
      <creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Frank</givenName>
            <surName>Day</surName>
         </individualName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>Old Dominion University, Department of Biological Sciences</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Norfolk</city>
            <administrativeArea>VA</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>23529-0266</postalCode>
         </address>
         <phone phonetype="voice">(757) 683-4198</phone>
         <phone phonetype="facsimile">(757) 683-5283</phone>
         <electronicMailAddress>fday@odu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/w3e/msql/personnel/msql2/person.html?QID=">fday</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-d.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-vcr/80/1</url>
         </online>
      </distribution>
      <contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Frank</givenName>
            <surName>Day</surName>
         </individualName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>Old Dominion University, Department of Biological Sciences</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Norfolk</city>
            <administrativeArea>VA</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>23529-0266</postalCode>
         </address>
         <phone phonetype="voice">(757) 683-4198</phone>
         <phone phonetype="facsimile">(757) 683-5283</phone>
         <electronicMailAddress>fday@odu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/w3e/msql/personnel/msql2/person.html?QID=">fday</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>jporter@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <onlineUrl>http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/jhp7e.html</onlineUrl>
      </contact>
   </dataSource>
</methodStep>