3.2.2. Ecological status or potential in selected coastal areas
Black Sea region and its catchment (Romania)
In the Black Sea region of Romania, two coastal water bodies are identified as heavily modified and two as natural. Both HMWBs are located along ports (Constanța and Mangalia). Coastal water bodies have moderate status/potential except for HMWB in long narrow coastal bay (about 7 km) along Mangalia with bad potential. Two natural transitional water bodies are designated in the Danube Delta with lagoons along the northern part of the Black Sea coast of Romania. They are of poor and bad status respectively. Ecological status/potential of freshwater water bodies close to the coastline is manly moderate.
