Response to Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments"

Parrish Brady; Alex Gilerson; George Kattawar; Jim Sullivan; Mike Twardowski; Heidi Dierssen; Molly Cummings

doi:10.1126/science.aaf5018

Response to Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments"

Science. 2016 Aug 5;353(6299):552. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf5018.

Authors

Parrish Brady¹, Alex Gilerson², George Kattawar³, Jim Sullivan⁴, Mike Twardowski⁴, Heidi Dierssen⁵, Molly Cummings⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
² Optical Remote Sensing Laboratory, City College of New York-CUNY, New York, NY 10031, USA.
³ Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA.
⁴ Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Pierce, FL 34946, USA.
⁵ Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut Avery Point, 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340-6048, USA.
⁶ Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. mcummings@austin.utexas.edu.

PMID: 27493177
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf5018

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.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Ecosystem*
Fishes*
Oceans and Seas