caa a22 4500 475787358 CHVBK 20180406123702.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004149900122 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004149900122 Diatom detection in the diagnosis of death by drowning [Elektronische Daten] [J. Hürlimann, P. Feer, F. Elber, K. Niederberger, R. Dirnhofer, D. Wyler] A medicolegal/algological collaboration lasting several years aimed at developing methods for dealing with dead bodies found in water where the circumstances are not clear, has led to an interdisciplinary procedure. To enable algological analysis, sample preservation and preparation must be free from contamination or carry-over at the beginning of the autopsy, although it should be noted that the demands on the digestion method are very high. One or more water samples from the site of drowning (from surface and bed) should be taken. Microscopic-algological analysis should record quantitative (diatom density), qualitative (species) and morphological (description of diatom valves) details for every sample. Furthermore, the species index and dominance identity similarity indices are calculated during the analysis procedure. The algological conclusions are based primarily on the separation values of Kater as well as on pair-matching. The final report is the result of interdisciplinary collaboration. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Diatoms nationallicence Drowning nationallicence Diagnosis nationallicence Methods nationallicence Hürlimann J. AquaPlus, Technical Office for Forensic Algology, Gewerbestrasse 5 a, CH-6314 Unterägeri, Switzerland e-mail: joachim.huerlimann@aquaplus.ch, Tel.: +41-41-7505009, Fax: +41-41-7505028, CH aut Feer P. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Berne, Bühlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland e-mail: dirnhofer@irm.unibe.ch, CH aut Elber F. AquaPlus, Technical Office for Forensic Algology, Gewerbestrasse 5 a, CH-6314 Unterägeri, Switzerland e-mail: joachim.huerlimann@aquaplus.ch, Tel.: +41-41-7505009, Fax: +41-41-7505028, CH aut Niederberger K. AquaPlus, Technical Office for Forensic Algology, Gewerbestrasse 5 a, CH-6314 Unterägeri, Switzerland e-mail: joachim.huerlimann@aquaplus.ch, Tel.: +41-41-7505009, Fax: +41-41-7505028, CH aut Dirnhofer R. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Berne, Bühlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland e-mail: dirnhofer@irm.unibe.ch, CH aut Wyler D. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Berne, Bühlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland e-mail: dirnhofer@irm.unibe.ch, CH aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900122 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900122 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hürlimann J. AquaPlus, Technical Office for Forensic Algology, Gewerbestrasse 5 a, CH-6314 Unterägeri, Switzerland e-mail: joachim.huerlimann@aquaplus.ch, Tel.: +41-41-7505009, Fax: +41-41-7505028, CH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Feer P. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Berne, Bühlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland e-mail: dirnhofer@irm.unibe.ch, CH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Elber F. AquaPlus, Technical Office for Forensic Algology, Gewerbestrasse 5 a, CH-6314 Unterägeri, Switzerland e-mail: joachim.huerlimann@aquaplus.ch, Tel.: +41-41-7505009, Fax: +41-41-7505028, CH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Niederberger K. AquaPlus, Technical Office for Forensic Algology, Gewerbestrasse 5 a, CH-6314 Unterägeri, Switzerland e-mail: joachim.huerlimann@aquaplus.ch, Tel.: +41-41-7505009, Fax: +41-41-7505028, CH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dirnhofer R. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Berne, Bühlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland e-mail: dirnhofer@irm.unibe.ch, CH aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wyler D. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Berne, Bühlstrasse 20, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland e-mail: dirnhofer@irm.unibe.ch, CH aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer