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It is important to have more than one piece of evidence to make sure that the evidence is actually evidence. Or in other words, that the evidence is proven true. With only one piece of evidence, you can't be fully sure if calculations were correct, if the source was trustworthy, etc.
Multiple evidence is kinda like double checking math problems. If you don't do it, you can't be 100% certain the answer is correct.
Calcium ions are involved in many mechnisms: for example, stabilization of cell wall structures, acidic growth, ion exchange properties, control of the activities of wall enzymes. All these properties originate from the tight binding of calcium ions to the pectins present in the cell walls.
I think the answer would be b; animals that are lower on the food chain are normally herbivores; making the decrease of fish not an affect any of raccoons. They, therefore, will increase.