Yvonne Vadeboncoeur, Ph.D., researches biodiversity in East Africa

Yvonne Vadeboncoeur, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, is an investigator in the collaborative Tuungane Project Baseline Ecological Study to assess the near-shore biodiversity of Lake Tanganyika. This ecological survey focused on the freshwater component of the Lake Tanganyika Ecosystem. Lake Tanganyika is the second largest and the second deepest freshwater lake in the world. Two key threats to the near-shore biodiversity is sedimentation and over-fishing. The lake is a global hotspot of freshwater biodiversity and a significant source of protein for the