Response to Comment on “Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments”
Abstract
Cronin et al . take issue with our evidence for polarocryptic carangid fish based on concerns of pseudoreplication, our contrast metric, and habitat. We clarify (i) the importance of camouflage in near-surface open ocean environments and (ii) the use of a Stokes contrast metric and further (iii) conduct individual-based statistics on our data set to confirm the reported polarocrypsis patterns.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 05, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.aaf5018
Entities
People
- Alex Gilerson
- George Kattawar
- Heidi Dierssen
- Jim Sullivan
- Mike Twardowski
- Molly Cummings
- Parrish Brady
Organizations
- City College of New York
- Division of Ocean Sciences
- Florida Atlantic University
- Office of Naval Research
- University of Connecticut
- University of Texas at Austin