title: 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.
authors: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
authors: Parrish
authors: P
authors: Brady
authors: Optical Remote Sensing Laboratory, City College of New York-CUNY, New York, NY 10031, USA.
authors: Alex
authors: A
authors: Gilerson
authors: Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA.
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Kattawar
authors: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Pierce, FL 34946, USA.
authors: Jim
authors: J
authors: Sullivan
authors: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Pierce, FL 34946, USA.
authors: Mike
authors: M
authors: Twardowski
authors: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut Avery Point, 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340-6048, USA.
authors: Heidi
authors: H
authors: Dierssen
authors: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. mcummings@austin.utexas.edu.
authors: Molly
authors: M
authors: Cummings
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005399:Fishes; D009792:Oceans and Seas