Diatomological mapping of water bodies--a future perspective

Corpse floating in running or stagnant water may not keep a tail of its exact place of drowning. Disagreement between diatoms recovered from the body and those in the presumed drowning medium may possibly advocate that body has been moved from its exact site of drowning. It emphasizes on the importance of water sampling from where the body is found. Diatomological Mapping (D-Mapping) of water bodies assumes to be an important means to solve this problem even when reference water sample is not available. Information of the present attempt has been exercised to scratch the authenticity of D-maps of these four water bodies after a gap of four years (2007-2011). Current records have been found interesting and significant for the authenticity of D-maps for a prolong characterization of water bodies.