Response to Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments"
Brady, P.; Gilerson, A.; Kattawar, G.; Sullivan, J.; Twardowski, M.; Dierssen, H.M.; Cummings, M. (2016). Response to Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments". Science (Wash.) 353(6299): 552-b. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf5018
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, more
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.
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