Pelage coloration in pinnipeds: functional considerations

Tim Caro, Theodore Stankowich, Sarah L. Mesnick, Daniel P. Costa, and Karrie Beeman Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 3333 North Torrey Pines Court, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA, and Department of Animal Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA