Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D1-P / Black Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D1 Pelagic habitats
Region/subregion Black Sea
Reported by Member state
Member state
Bulgaria
Romania
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • BLK-BG-AA-EmineMaslennos
  • BLK-BG-AA-GalataEmine
  • BLK-BG-AA-KaliakraGalata
  • BLK-BG-AA-MaslennosRezovo
  • BLK-BG-AA-OpenSea
  • BLK-BG-AA-Shelf
  • BLK-BG-AA-SivriburunKaliakra
  • BLK_RO_RG_CT
  • BLK_RO_RG_MT01
  • BLK_RO_RG_TT03
Features Habitats
  • Pelagic broad habitats (140)
  • Pelagic broad habitats (15)
Element Variable salinity
  • D1C6 (5)
Element Coastal
  • D1C6 (100)
  • D1C6 (5)
Element Shelf
  • D1C6 (20)
  • D1C6 (5)
Element Oceanic/beyond shelf
  • D1C6 (20)
Element2
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • National (140)
  • National (15)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1 Pelagic habitats
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • Other - Copepoda biomass (autumn) (7)
  • Other - Copepoda biomass (spring) (7)
  • Other - Copepoda biomass (summer) (7)
  • Other - Copepoda biomass (winter) (7)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton abundance (autumn) (7)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton abundance (spring) (7)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton abundance (summer) (7)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton abundance (winter) (7)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton biomass (autumn) (7)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton biomass (spring) (7)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton biomass (summer) (7)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton biomass (winter) (7)
  • Other - Phytoplankton abundance (autumn) (7)
  • Other - Phytoplankton abundance (spring) (7)
  • Other - Phytoplankton abundance (summer) (7)
  • Other - Phytoplankton abundance (winter) (7)
  • Other - Phytoplankton biomass (autumn) (7)
  • Other - Phytoplankton biomass (spring) (7)
  • Other - Phytoplankton biomass (summer) (7)
  • Other - Phytoplankton biomass (winter) (7)
  • Other - Copepoda Biomass cold season (1)
  • Other - Copepoda Biomass warm biomass (1)
  • Other - Copepoda biomass - Cold season (2)
  • Other - Copepoda biomass - Warm season (2)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton Biomass cold season (1)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton Biomass-warm season (1)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton biomass - Cold season (2)
  • Other - Mesozooplankton biomass - Warm season (1)
  • Other - Phytoplankton Biomass warm season (3)
  • Other - Zooplankton BiomassMesozooplankton biomass - Warm season (1)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
84% (118)
100% (15)
Threshold value sources D1 Pelagic habitats
Threshold value sources D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • National (140)
  • National (15)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
100% (15)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
100% (15)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D1 Pelagic habitats
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • cells per liter (28)
  • individuals per cubic meter (28)
  • milligram per cubic meter (55)
  • milligram per cubic meterr (1)
  • percentage (28)
  • microgram per litre (15)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 90-90% (140 of 140 parameters)
Range: 50-90% (15 of 15 parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 3-100% (75 of 140 parameters)
Range: 19-96% (15 of 15 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% of samples achieving threshold value
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (140 or 100.0%)
  • Stable (3 or 20.0%)
  • Unknown (12 or 80.0%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • No (38 or 27.1%)
  • Not assessed (20 or 14.3%)
  • Unknown (37 or 26.4%)
  • Yes (45 or 32.1%)
  • No (8 or 53.3%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (7 or 46.7%)
Related indicators
  • BLK-BG-D1C6-PhytoABUND
  • BLK-BG-D1C6-PhytoBIOM
  • BLK-BG-D1C6_CB%
  • BLK-BG-D1C6_MZP_ABU
  • BLK-BG-D1C6_MZP_BIOM
  • 1.6.1
  • Copepoda biomass - Cold season
  • Copepoda biomass - Warm season
  • Copepoda biomass-cold season
  • Copepoda biomass-warm season
  • Mesozooplankton biomass - Cold season
  • Mesozooplankton biomass - Warm season
  • Mesozooplankton biomass-cold season
  • Mesozooplankton biomass-warm season
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Not assessed (140 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (15 or 100.0%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Not assessed (140 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (15 or 100.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters
Integration rule description for parameters
Integration rule type for criteria
Integration rule description for criteria
GES extent threshold
  • 100.00 (15 of 15, or 100.0%)
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
  • Proportion of habitats in good status (15 of 15, or 100.0%)
GES achieved Pelagic broad habitats
  • Unknown (140)
  • Not assessed (15)
Assessment period
2012-2017 (140 or 100.0%)
2012-2017 (15 or 100.0%)
Related pressures
Related targets