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Meet some of the amazing students working at the L

Meet some of the amazing students working at the Luquillo LTER:

“I am Evald Maceno, a PhD Candidate in Environmental Science at the University of Puerto Rico studying seasonal and interannual patterns of plant reproduction in tropical forests.

My research encompasses four main objectives:

(1) Define interannual variation in flowering and fruiting phenology caused by hurricane disturbance and drought

(2) Determine the influence of plant functional traits associated with seasonal timing of flowering and fruiting

(3) Determine the proximate environmental cues that trigger flowering and control timing of reproduction in tropical forests and

(4) Compare masting trends related to latitude and species diversity in three different tropical forests.

Each of these objectives will improve our understanding of the ecology of tropical forest reproduction and its sensitivity to climate change”.

Pictured here is doctoral candidate Evald Maceno assisting with bi-weekly collections of flowers, fruits, and seeds in the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plots (LFDP).

To learn more about the LFDP visit the following story map:

https://arcg.is/0vXmvS - Ground truthing remotely sensed data with LFDP census trees

Picture credit: Monique Picón

Story map credit: Miguel León

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Time-lapse video of Iana Grullón-Penkova and Will

Time-lapse video of Iana Grullón-Penkova and William Mejía installing a sensor to monitor soil moisture to a depth of 50 cm.

This is a TRACE team collaboration with the Luquillo LTER to evaluate the effects of drought conditions and future climate on tropical forests.

Under a changing climate, droughts are expected to

Under a changing climate, droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe in the Caribbean. Luquillo LTER will conduct a throughfall exclusion experiment to test the effects on forest ecosystems in the Luquillo Experimental Forest. Last week, researchers from Luquillo LTER and TRACE (Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment) teamed up to install soil moisture and temperature sensors that will collect pre-treatment data in experimental and control plots. Take a look at their setup!

Picture 1 and 2: TRACE team leading a data logger training at Sabana Field Research Station.

Picture 3 and 4: Luquillo LTER and TRACE teams installing sensors and data loggers in plots near El Verde Research Station.

Picture 5: Chris Smith-Martin, a postdoc working with Dr. María Uriarte at Columbia University, led the installation and will monitor the plots.

Visit the following Story Map to learn more about TRACE - https://arcg.is/04aX0e

Photo credits: Chris Smith-Martin, William Mejía, Monique Picón

Story Map credit: Miguel León

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Stream surface water chemistry samples have been t

Stream surface water chemistry samples have been taken and analyzed in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico, at different sites since 1983. These measurements of the physical and chemical properties of streams and rivers are analyzed to quantify the fluxes of water, sediment, and solutes from the Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF). Through this analysis, we learn how these systems transform materials as they move through rivers, pore spaces in soils, and rock to where sediments, solutes, and water exit the LEF through the coastal zone.

In this video, Tatiana Barreto Vélez and Nicholas D. Nuñez Rodríguez illustrate water sampling performed in the Luquillo LTER and discuss some of the water quality sensors utilized.

To learn more about this and other monitoring occurring at the Luquillo LTER visit the story maps below:

https://arcg.is/1uWqT0 - Stream Water Chemistry Sampling Sites in the Luquillo LTER

https://arcg.is/0vXmvS - Ground truthing remotely sensed data with LFDP census trees

https://arcg.is/01imKe - Bisley Experimental Watersheds (BEW)

https://arcg.is/04aX0e - Tropical Responses to Altered Climate Experiment (TRACE)

https://arcg.is/0jaPaq - Luquillo LTER Virtual Site Visit

Video credits: Miguel León and Monique Picón

Story maps credit: Miguel León

Contact Tatiana -
Instagram: @tatigitana

Contact Nicholas -
Instagram: @wanderinglostman

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In the Caribbean where cyclones, droughts, and ant

In the Caribbean where cyclones, droughts, and anthropogenic disturbances are common stressors for tropical forests, a large team of researchers are working to understand how tropical forests respond to these disturbances. Join Melissa Salva Saurí, Research Manager for the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plots (LFDP) as she details some of the data collected at our Luquillo LTER site.

Stay tuned to the Luquillo LTER social media platforms to keep up with ways for students to become involved! This work is only possible with the help of a large team of researchers and volunteers.

Video credits: Melissa Salva Saurí, Miguel León and Monique Picón

Contact Melissa -

Instagram: @melimaima

Email: melissa.salva1@upr.edu

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At the Luquillo LTER, our Research Experience for

At the Luquillo LTER, our Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) students contribute to our understanding of tropical forests in major ways! Our REU program has been training students since the year 2000, providing graduate students with mentoring experience and creating long-lasting relationships between mentors and mentees.

Here we highlight the work of some of our 2022 summer REUs at the Luquillo LTER:

Picture 1: Isabel Alayón from the University of Puerto Rico assessed the effects of atyid shrimp feeding behavior on meiofauna communities. Pictured here evaluating water samples.
Mentor: Dr. Josué Santiago Vera
Photo credit: Isabel Alayón
Reach out on Twitter: @isabel_rubi
or E-mail: isabel.alayon@upr.edu

Picture 2: Adriana Villanueva from the University of Puerto Rico researched how drought conditions and reduced stream water flow affected orb web and cobweb spider distribution and communities. Pictured here measuring spider webs.
Mentor: Dr. Jesús Gómez
Photo credit: Mariely Vega Gómez
Reach out on Twitter: @adriana5g

Picture 3: Viktoria Stallings from Northeastern State University examined the reproductive fitness of midges (Chironomus sp. “Florida”) by analyzing their egg masses. Pictured here collecting egg masses.
Mentor: Dr. Roberto Reyes Maldonado
Photo credit: Viktoria Stallings

Picture 4: Jack Cheshire from North Carolina State University evaluated the effects of tagging on the movement, behavior, and mortality of the freshwater shrimp Xiphocaris elongatata. Pictured here tagging shrimp.
Mentors: MSc. student Lauren Kabat and Dr. Rolando Santos
Photo credit: Jack Cheshire

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Meet some of the amazing students at the Luquillo

Meet some of the amazing students at the Luquillo LTER:

"Hi everyone! I am Lauren Kabat, a Master’s student at Florida International University and am working with the Luquillo LTER in El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico. 🌿🐸🇵🇷

I’m supervised by Dr. Rolando Santos and Dr. Todd Crowl and together we are exploring capture-mark-recapture tags and techniques to investigate the drivers of Macrobrachium, Atya, and Xiphocaris shrimp movement in montane headwater streams. 🦐💧⛰

We are working alongside a collaborative project called the Stream Flow Reduction Experiment (StreamFRE) in Prieta stream, where diverting water produces an artificial drought in one branch of stream, while another parallel branch of the stream remains untouched as a control. In these streams, shrimp recapture data will be used in conjunction with other biotic and abiotic factors to better understand how drought affects the aquatic ecosystem. ☀️🦐🍃

I have really enjoyed being part of the LTER team, and look forward to meeting y’all at the upcoming LTER All Scientists Meeting! 🙋‍♀️🙋🙋‍♂️

Photo 1: Lauren catches a large Macrobrachium carcinus during a stream survey. Photo 2: A Xiphocaris elongata displays its alphanumeric tag. Photo 3: Lauren and REU students Jack Cheshire (right) and Angel Estruche (left) enjoy El Yunque National Forest. Photo 4: Shrimp are attracted to a baited wire trap."

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Reach out to Lauren to learn more about her work!

Photo credit: Lauren Kabat

The Luquillo LTER is preparing to study the effect

The Luquillo LTER is preparing to study the effects of reduced flow in Puerto Rican streams. Located in the Caribbean, under the threat of projected climate change impacts and constant natural and anthropogenic disturbances, we expect this work to inform our knowledge of how flow reductions alter tropical aquatic environments.

This long-term project, which we named StreamFRE (Stream Flow Reduction Experiment), has been collecting biotic and environmental data since 2016 with the intent of establishing a baseline pre-manipulation and simultaneously the same data is collected each month in a reference stream. By making use of a natural dam formation at the top of our manipulation stream, we plan to reduce flow in a 150m stretch of stream. Here, we show a trial run of the flow diversion mechanism. Let us know your thoughts about StreamFRE!

Video credit: Yimmy Acosta and Mariely Vega

@luqlter #luquillolter #StudentsofLuquillo #lter #StreamFRE #drought
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Urban ponds beautify suburbs, challenge golfers, f

Urban ponds beautify suburbs, challenge golfers, funnel urban runoff, and....harbor rare species of amphibians? Yes! Researchers at the North Temperate Lakes LTER find urban ponds are supporting thriving frog populations in Wisconsin.

Read this and more in the August LTER Network Newsletter!

LTER Network News | August, 2022

Whoa, two months flew by! Our LTER Photo Contest

Whoa, two months flew by!

Our LTER Photo Contest submission period closes at Midnight on Wednesday, so there's still time to get those last photos in!

We've got many, many great submissions already, but we know there are more awesome photos out there.

Submit at https://lternet.edu/2022-lter-photo-contest/

Photo Credit:
Kevin Kahmark, Ryan Schroeder, Russ Schmidt, Yahn-Jauh Su, Jill Haukos, Lina DiGregorio, Thomas Shannon, Lindsay Van Fossen, Kyle Emery

Got an idea that uses LTER data, but not sure if i

Got an idea that uses LTER data, but not sure if it could be a Synthesis proposal?

Find out everything you need to know at tomorrow's webinar!

Register here:
https://lternet.edu/synthesis/rfp-2022/

The summer transect of the NES-LTER cruise is unde

The summer transect of the NES-LTER cruise is under way and our science team has been hard at work!
Image 1: Co-PI Rachel Stanley and grad student Diana Fontaine deploying the CTD
Image 2: Contents of a twilight zone trawl
Image 3: Scientists and crew putting the miniboat in the water @miniboats
Image 4: Moving barnacles collected with a net
#lter #lternetwork #neslter #whoi #urigso #phdlife #ecology #oceanography #stem #fieldresearch #miniboatmonday

We're halfway through our Photo Contest, and whoa,

We're halfway through our Photo Contest, and whoa, look at some of these submissions!

@harvard.forest @kelloggbiostn @nwtlter

What are we looking for? Photos that represent life at LTER's! Big landscapes, small details, the people, the office work, it's all valid!

There's a lot of time left to submit great photos and compete for prizes.

More info here: https://lternet.edu/2022-lter-photo-contest/

and the link is also in our bio!

After 2 years of being remote, the CCE LTER REU pr

After 2 years of being remote, the CCE LTER REU program is finally back in-person! This summer, our undergraduates are researching a wide array of topics from marine molecules to whales! Today our REUs got the opportunity to watch a zooplankton tow courtesy of the Ron Burton Lab here at the Scripps Pier. For more information about the CCE LTER REU program including past projects, please go to: https://cce.lternet.edu/education/opportunities/reu #lternetwork #ecology #scicomm

Some great early submissions from the LTER Photo C

Some great early submissions from the LTER Photo Contest! @nwtlter @blelter @toolikfieldstation

There's a lot of time left to submit great photos and compete for prizes.

More info here: https://lternet.edu/2022-lter-photo-contest/

and the link is also in our bio!

"It's MOCNESS time!" Is a phrase that gets zooplan

"It's MOCNESS time!" Is a phrase that gets zooplankton ecologists on the CCE-LTER cruise on their feet. The MOCNESS is a net system for sampling zooplankton and stands for Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System because it is equipped with ten nets to sample ten discrete depths across the water column. Here you can see Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD Student Anya Štajner @planktonprincess helping to deploy the MOCNESS. Scientists aboard the CCE-LTER cruise use the MOCNESS net to sample zooplankton at different depths in the water. This helps them to see which creatures live where in the water and how many there are in each place. This information helps ecologists understand food webs and carbon export. Here, Anya is shown holding up a pyrosome from the MOCNESS net, a common creature captured on the 2021 cruise. #longtermresearch #lternetwork #ecology #fieldresearch #gradlife #phdlife #scicomm

Hi LTER community! We at the California Current Ec

Hi LTER community! We at the California Current Ecosystem (CCE) LTER site are a group of interdisciplinary scientists, students, and educators all working together to understand and communicate the effects of long term climate variability on the California Current marine ecosystem. Pictured here, you can see us at sea during the summer of 2021 after completing a 5 week research cruise off the coast of San Diego, CA. Stay tuned this week and next for some exciting science that was conducted on this cruise!🌊⛴ #lternetwork #longtermresearch #fieldresearch #research #scicomm

Our new RFP, Science Council Meeting, REU webinars

Our new RFP, Science Council Meeting, REU webinars, and more: an announcement heavy newsletter this month! Keep up to date with all the new opportunities around the network! Also, jobs, funding, cool site videos, and more.

LTER Network News | June 2022

https://mailchi.mp/lternet/lter-network-news-june-2022?e=8d59d3d612

Madison Sutton @madlav32 is a PhD candidate workin

Madison Sutton @madlav32 is a PhD candidate working at the @andrewsforest studying the mechanisms that underly songbird distributions.

Her research tests how social interactions can influence where birds choose to establish breeding territories. She also collects biometric samples from birds to measure condition. All wildlife species are handled with proper training and permits.

#hjandrewsexperimentalforest #research #ornithology #birds #oregon #science

An incoming researcher to the HJA, Emily Iskin @em

An incoming researcher to the HJA, Emily Iskin @emilyiskin.photo will be collecting data on the HJA Lookout Creek floodplain.

A PhD candidate in the Geosciences department at Colorado State University, her research focuses on comparing natural floodplain form and spatial heterogeneity across the United States, and her previous research was in Yosemite National Park.

She's also an artist, and passionate about combining her art and science to engage in science communication with the public.

#science #phdstudent #hjandrewsexperimentalforest #lter #scientist

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Proud of our Luquillo LTER team presenting their w

Proud of our Luquillo LTER team presenting their work and research at the #LTERasm2022 #researchers #research #studentsofluquillo #lter #tropicalecology #science

Amazing week and participation from our #LuquilloL

Amazing week and participation from our #LuquilloLTER team at #LTERasm2022. Our hearts are with those who could not attend due to #HurricaneFiona. #research #researchers #tropicalecology #ecology #lter #studentsofluquillo

Tamara Heartsill-Scalley describes research at the

Tamara Heartsill-Scalley describes research at the Bisley Experimental Watersheds (BEW)
https://buff.ly/3xk1V9E Also see this story map:
https://buff.ly/3tiREYH

On behalf of the GSRC: If you missed our LUQ LTER

On behalf of the GSRC: If you missed our LUQ LTER lightning talk sessions, you will find the recording links below. Thank you to all of our excellent invited speakers!

June 1st https://youtu.be/iRTccduKC8M

June 2nd https://youtu.be/z6h130n4fwc

Email any questions to mvega2@ncsu.edu

#lter #luqlter #studentsofluquillo

Check out this video from Tatiana Barreto Vélez a

Check out this video from Tatiana Barreto Vélez and Nicholas D. Nunez Rodriguez. They illustrate water sampling performed in the Luquillo LTER https://buff.ly/3NjUPaC. An ArcGIS Sotry map was also created for this video https://buff.ly/3GTmPPT

Check out this video from Roi Ankori-Karlinsky, Ph

Check out this video from Roi Ankori-Karlinsky, PhD candidate with Columbia University
https://buff.ly/3xiwyfA
An ArcGIS Sotry map was also created for this video https://buff.ly/3xix90O

🚨 GSRC: This is a reminder that starting tomorr

🚨 GSRC: This is a reminder that starting tomorrow we will be hosting the "Luquillo LTER Lightning Talks: Research History in a Tropical Caribbean Forest"!

When? June 1st and 2nd at 1:00 pm AST/EDT.

This event is open to everyone, so please distribute it to those that might be interested.

Email mvega2@ncsu.edu for meeting details.

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On behalf of the GSRC: We are thrilled to invite

On behalf of the GSRC:

We are thrilled to invite you to the GSRC-hosted event: "LUQUILLO LTER LIGHTNING TALKS: RESEARCH NETWORK IN A TROPICAL CARIBBEAN FOREST"! They will occur on June 1st and 2nd starting from 1:00 pm AST/EDT. We have a fantastic set of speakers on both dates who will talk about some of the main projects and committees at our site.

This event will be open to everyone, so please distribute it widely to others that might be interested.

We want to thank all the speakers for their time and effort to make this event possible. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Email mvega2@ncsu.edu for meeting details.

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On behalf of the GSRC: Thank you to all who voted

On behalf of the GSRC: Thank you to all who voted for the LUQ LTER Student Art Contest! And thank you to the students who submitted their work. The resulting submissions were fantastic. We received nearly 600 votes!! Even though we could only choose one winner today, know that the support and admiration for each submission was great!

A winner has been selected by the community! Join me in congratulating Ana Maria Meza Salazar as the winner of our Student Art Contest Competition (see her submission attached)! Ana is the winner of the $500 award for research-related costs. Congratulations, Ana!

On behalf of the LUQ LTER GSRC: Only one week left

On behalf of the LUQ LTER GSRC: Only one week left to vote!

Choose your favorite student art contest submission! Submissions cover a diversity of interesting research topics creatively represented.

Show support by voting here: https://t.co/WDJ6EF2bv0

Share widely!

Trouble viewing or voting? Email mvega2@ncsu.edu

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In case you missed it! LUQ LTER GSRC presents: D

In case you missed it!

LUQ LTER GSRC presents: Dr. Ariel Lugo - Land Use and Research History of the Luquillo Mountains

Watch on: https://youtu.be/JZmh1DFU4X4 via

@YouTube

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On behalf of the GSRC: Join us today at 1:00 pm ED

On behalf of the GSRC: Join us today at 1:00 pm EDT/AST for the seminar titled: "Land Use and Research History of the Luquillo Mountains", with our Invited speaker Dr. Ariel Lugo!

Email mvega2@ncsu.edu for details

LUQ Students! Don't miss out on the chance to shar

LUQ Students! Don't miss out on the chance to share your work and creativity, and to win $500 for your research-related costs*! Only three more days to submit. Deadline: April 25th, 2022. Submit here: https://t.co/yt6EFljWRl or to mvega2@ncsu.edu

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Check out our new Virtual Site Visit! https://buff

Check out our new Virtual Site Visit! https://buff.ly/3xJR4GK

Attention students! We are thrilled to announce ou

Attention students! We are thrilled to announce our first GSRC-hosted seminar with invited speaker Dr. Ariel Lugo! All are welcome to attend!

Topic: "Land Use and Research History of the Luquillo Mountains"

May 5th at 1:00 pm AST

Email mvega2@ncsu.edu for meeting details

🚨 LUQ students! One week left to submit to the

🚨 LUQ students! One week left to submit to the LUQ LTER Art Contest! Show and tell us about your work for a chance to win $500* for research purposes (see images). Email mvega2@ncsu.edu with questions and for non-Gmail user submissions!
Submit here: https://t.co/yt6EFlBxIT https://t.co/Y81Lhcbuuq

LUQ LTER STUDENT ART COMPETITION! The winner of th

LUQ LTER STUDENT ART COMPETITION! The winner of the competition will receive a $500 prize* towards research-related costs! Submissions will open from March 28th - April 25th, 2022.

Submit Here: https://buff.ly/3Dm0Orl
Please email mvega2@ncsu.edu for more info.

Hello LUQ-LTER community! The GSRC is accepting su

Hello LUQ-LTER community! The GSRC is accepting submissions for the LUQ LTER STUDENT ART COMPETITION. Share your creativity and stories with us! Compete for a $500 PRIZE* for research-related costs (see further details in the attached images). Any questions or submissions from non-gmail account users? Please, contact mvega2@ncsu.edu.

Submission Form: https://forms.gle/jjv15AhD3uDbD2my5

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On behalf of the LUQ-LTER GSRC: please join us in

On behalf of the LUQ-LTER GSRC: please join us in learning about the research of Ph.D. candidate Mariely Vega-Gómez. Show Mariely your support by leaving a comment below!

"Hello everyone! My name is Mariely Vega Gómez. I am Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 and passionate about my island and its natural resources. It has been a thrilling journey to research the streams of the El Yunque National Forest (EYNF). In collaboration with the LUQ-LTER’s Stream Flow Reduction Experiment (StreamFRE) team, my project will answer how tropical stream ecosystems respond to natural disturbances.

My trajectory studying freshwater ecosystems started as an undergraduate at @upr.rp 🐔. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Biology at @ncstateappliedecology 🐺 under the mentorship of Dr. Alonso Ramírez. I have been a part of the Ramírez Lab since I was an undergraduate. This is when I was introduced to the striking diversity of stream fauna.

Stream ecosystems are teeming with life! For my thesis, I will evaluate how macroinvertebrates and their egg masses respond to natural disturbances and to an experimental flow reduction. In collaboration with the StreamFRE team, monthly macroinvertebrate sampling has been ongoing since 2016.

I love my study site and organisms, and this amazing opportunity to learn more about them every day. Part of my drive is the opportunity to contribute to the island that I love and increase our understanding of its amazing natural resources.

Thank you all! Feel free to reach out to me with any questions!
Email: mvega2@ncsu.edu
Twitter: @MarielyV10
And learn more about my work and the work of my colleagues by following the @ARamirezLab on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter

Photos by M. Jewell, A. Ramírez and Y. Acosta”

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On behalf of the LUQ-LTER GSRC: We are delighted t

On behalf of the LUQ-LTER GSRC: We are delighted to highlight undergraduate student Sophia Gómez and the work she conducted this summer as part of the 2021 REU. Show Sophia your support by leaving a comment below!

"This past summer, I worked with Dr. Jesús Gómez to understand how the presence of a predator impacts insect grazing behavior and rates of periphyton accrual in the absence of the dominant large-bodied grazer (Atya shrimp). Current climate trend projections suggest that the hydrological connectivity of stream systems is expected to become increasingly stratified in response to an increased frequency of droughts. This trend could lead to a restructuring of the trophic community in response to the loss of top-level consumers (Macrobrachium shrimp), where small-bodied consumers become new top-level predators, such as Xiphocaris shrimps in mountainous streams.

Through a series of predator exclusion setups in 2 parallel tropical montane streams (Quebrada Prieta A and B), we investigated the impact of predator presence on periphyton accrual. Our results suggest that a decreased population and spatial distribution of omnivorous shrimps, due to projected alterations in hydrological connectivity, could lead to changes in the accrual of periphyton biomass. Data collection and analyses regarding Chlorophyll-A values in periphyton are ongoing in collaboration with Dr. Jesús Gómez.

I loved being a part of this internship for so many reasons, including the incredible, supportive, and diverse group of peers I worked with. It was so incredible to work with such an amazing group of people. I learned so much by aiding my colleagues with their respective projects. I found it motivating to gain all the possible knowledge and experience I could while in Puerto Rico. I love (and really miss) Quebrada Prieta and getting to be there every day was motivation in it of itself. My experience as an REU student with the LUQ-LTER was truly amazing, and I hope to return to Puerto Rico soon!"

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