TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-mortem human cadaver scavenging by marine crustaceans (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) in tropical waters
AU - Tiemensma, Marianne
AU - Bruce, Niel L.
AU - Willan, Richard C.
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - Animal feeding, both ante- and post-mortem, in freshwater and marine environments, has become topical recently. This report documents post-mortem scavenging by two identified species of marine crustaceans (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) on a human cadaver from the vicinity of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
AB - Animal feeding, both ante- and post-mortem, in freshwater and marine environments, has become topical recently. This report documents post-mortem scavenging by two identified species of marine crustaceans (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) on a human cadaver from the vicinity of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
KW - Forensic pathology
KW - Marine tropical waters
KW - Post-mortem animal predation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85031417848&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s12024-017-9926-x
DO - 10.1007/s12024-017-9926-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 29027105
AN - SCOPUS:85031417848
SN - 1547-769X
VL - 13
SP - 515
EP - 517
JO - Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology
JF - Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology
IS - 4
ER -