title: Influence of global climate change on chemical fate and bioaccumulation: the role of multimedia models.
abstract: Multimedia environmental fate models are valuable tools for investigating potential changes associated with global climate change, particularly because thermodynamic forcing on partitioning behavior as well as diffusive and nondiffusive exchange processes are implicitly considered. Similarly, food-web bioaccumulation models are capable of integrating the net effect of changes associated with factors such as temperature, growth rates, feeding preferences, and partitioning behavior on bioaccumulation potential. For the climate change scenarios considered in the present study, such tools indicate that alterations to exposure concentrations are typically within a factor of 2 of the baseline output. Based on an appreciation for the uncertainty in model parameters and baseline output, the authors recommend caution when interpreting or speculating on the relative importance of global climate change with respect to how changes caused by it will influence chemical fate and bioavailability.
authors.affiliation: Unilever, Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, United Kingdom. todd.gouin@unilever.com
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gouin
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Armitage
authors.forename: Ian T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Cousins
authors.forename: Derek C G
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Muir
authors.forename: Carla A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Liisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D057231:Climate Change; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020387:Food Chain; D008956:Models, Chemical; D019212:Multimedia; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants