Diatom Species In Lake Batur, Bali Province, Indonesia As Supporting Data For Forensic Analysis Of Drowned Victim

Diagnosis of death drowned people can be done by observanting the diatoms in the body of the victim. Diatoms can get into human body through the respiratory tract. This could happen because someone who was still alive will be tried to breathe in the water, and diatoms in the water will be sucked into the respiratory tract following the water movement. This study was conducted to determine diatoms species in lake Batur as an effort of making diatoms species database on waters of Bali island for forensic interest. Water sample was taken by purposive sampling method in fifthteen sampling stations in the lake. There were 12 diatom species found in this study. Species Fragilaria sp. and Nitzschia palea were found in every sampling stations. Fragilaria sp. was found as the highest percentage of diatom species in the lake. Keywords: species, diatom, lake Batur, Bali, forensic