Spatial weighting of land use and temporal weighting of antecedent discharge improves prediction of stream condition

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Funding Acknowledgements

This study was funded by Melbourne Water and CJW by the Melbourne Waterway Research-Practice Partnership. We thank Edward Tsyrlin and Rhys Coleman for commissioning the work, and for their support and patience; Alistair Danger for assistance with compiling land use data; and Joshphar Kunapo for compiling the digital elevation models used in our analyses. The manuscript was improved by suggestions of Nick Bond, Matthew Burns, Sarah Gergel, Michael Sammonds, Edward Tsyrlin and four referees.