fate

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14682
Disposition of a material in various environmental compartments (e.g., soil or sediment, water, air, biota) as a result of transport, partitioning, transformation, and degradation.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 885 [Terms] [Paper]