Evaluation of the floating time of a corpse found in a marine environment using the barnacle Lepas anatifera L. (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Pedunculata)

P.A. Magni; C. Venn; I. Aquila; F. Pepe; P. Ricci; C. Di Nunzio; F. Ausania; I.R. Dadour

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.11.016

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Evaluation of the floating time of a corpse found in a marine environment using the barnacle Lepas anatifera L. (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Pedunculata)

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Evaluation of the floating time of a corpse found in a marine environment using the barnacle Lepas anatifera L. (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Pedunculata)

P.A. Magni, C. Venn, I. Aquila, F. Pepe, P. Ricci, C. Di Nunzio, F. Ausania and I.R. Dadour

Forensic Science International: Genetics, Vol.247, pp.e6-e10

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.11.016

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Abstract

Human activities involving water may result in a crime scene. Typically, death may be due to natural causes, homicide, or mass disasters. Decomposition in water is a complex process where many factors may interplay. Human remains in water are subject to many potential interactions, depending upon the remains themselves, the type of water and the characteristics of the water. A number of studies are focused on the decomposition process of the corpse in water, on the identification of the post mortem submersion interval (PMSI) and on the diagnosis of drowning, but very few studies consider the fate of floating remains in any aquatic environment. The following case describes a corpse found on a shore of the Tyrrhenian Sea (South West of Italy, Calabria Region). The corpse and the soles of his shoes were colonized by the barnacle Lepas anatifera L. (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Pedunculata). The analyses of the barnacles present on the corpse aided in the evaluation of the floating time of the corpse which assisted in estimating the minimum time since death.

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Title: Evaluation of the floating time of a corpse found in a marine environment using the barnacle Lepas anatifera L. (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Pedunculata)
Authors/Creators: P.A. Magni (Author/Creator)
C. Venn (Author/Creator)
I. Aquila (Author/Creator)
F. Pepe (Author/Creator)
P. Ricci (Author/Creator)
C. Di Nunzio (Author/Creator)
F. Ausania (Author/Creator)
I.R. Dadour (Author/Creator)
Publication Details: Forensic Science International: Genetics, Vol.247, pp.e6-e10
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Identifiers: 991005540395507891
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology; 3.32 Entomology; 3.32.1638 Forensic Entomology
Web Of Science research areas: Medicine, Legal
ESI research areas: Clinical Medicine