Contribution to the assessment of ecological status in some of the lakes of the Danube Delta according to the European Water Framework Directive

The present work includes a model for assessing the ecological status of shallow lakes, based on the principle of the integrative method used previously in Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, Germany,Poland, Great Britain and Holland. The authors included into the respective method those elements that are local-specific to the Danube Delta, taking also into account the current Romanian national legislative framework and the recommendations of the Water Framework Directive.