Francesca Cima

Associate Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Cytology

Ascidian Biology Lab

Dipartimento di Biologia - Università di Padova

About me 

Francesca Cima was born in Padova (March 29, 1966) where she lives. In July 16, 1990 she had her deree in Natural Sciences at the University of Padova with full marks cum laude. In January 21, 1991 she was admitted into Doctorate of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Padova and in June 22, 1994 achieved the PhD with her dissertation "Haemocytes and immunity in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri". From 1996 to 1998, she obtained a two-year postdoctoral fellowship concerning the research field "Evolutionary Biology" in the Department of Biology. In June 19, 1998 she was awarded the "Paolo Gatto's National Prize" of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome) regarding environmental problems of the Lagoon of Venice. In February 1, 1999, she obtained a two-year research collaboration fellowship in the project entitled "Differentiation and cell interactions in Tunicates" with a further two-year renewal. In 2000, she was the Scientific Chief of the Research Project for Young Researchers entitled "Development of new bioindicators and biomarkers for the study of environmental impact by organotin compounds on coastal ecosystems". In October 1, 2001 she obtained a master in "Microscope analysis techniques in biological sciences" at the University of Pavia. She was advisory board member of the international journal "Applied Organometallic Chemistry" (Wiley & Sons Ltd, Prof PJ Craig, General Editor), European Journal of Histochemistry (PAGEPress, Prof C. Pellicciari, Editor-in-Chief), Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (MDPI, Prof. T. Clare, Editor-in-Chief). From 2005 to 2018, she was Assistant Professor of "Comparative Anatomy and Cytology" at the Department of Biology, University of Padova.

Since 2019, she is Associate Professor and teaches "Cell Biology", "Evolutionary history of Vertebrates", and "Principles of Animal Biology" in the first level degree academic courses of Biology and Natural and Environmental Sciences.

Publications

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Papers

 1993

1) Cima L., Cima F., 1993. Meccanismi d'azione delle tossine fungine e possibilità di collegamento con gli interventi clinici. Ann. Mus. Civ. Rovereto, 8: 69-78.

2) Ballarin L., Cima F., Sabbadin A., 1993. Histoenzymatic staining and characterization of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri hemocytes. Boll. Zool., 60: 19-24.

1994

3) Ballarin L., Cima F., Sabbadin A., 1994. Phagocytosis in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Dev. Comp. Immunol., 18: 467-481.

4) Ballarin L., Cima F., Sabbadin A., 1994. Phenoloxidase in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri (Urochordata: Ascidiacea). Anim. Biol., 3: 41-48.

1995

5) Ballarin L., Cima F., Sabbadin A., 1995. Morula cells and histocompatibility in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Zool. Sci., 12: 757-764.

6) Cima F., Ballarin L., Bressa G., Sabbadin A., 1995. Immunotoxicity of butyltins in tunicates. Appl. Organometal. Chem., 9: 567-572.

1996

7) Cima F., Ballarin L., Bressa G., Martinucci G.B., Burighel P., 1996. Toxicity of organotin compounds on embryos of a marine invertebrate (Styela plicata; Tunicata). Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf., 35: 174-182.

8) Cima F., Ballarin L., Bressa G., Martinucci G.B., Burighel P., 1996. Embryotoxic effects of organotin compounds on Styela plicata (Tunicata; Ascidiacea). Fresenius Environ. Bull., 5: 718-722.

9) Cima F., Ballarin L., Sabbadin A., 1996. New data on phagocytes and phagocytosis in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. (Tunicata: Ascidiacea). Ital. J. Zool., 63: 357-364.

1997

10) Bressa G., Cima F., Fonti P., Sisti E., 1997. Accumulation of organotin compounds in mussels from Northern Adriatic coasts. Fresenius Environ. Bull., 6: 16-20.

11) Bressa G., Giombelli R., Prearo M., Bozzetta E., Sisti E., Cima F., 1997. Effetti biologici del tributilstagno cloruro (TBTC) in carpa (Cyprinus carpio). Acqua Aria, 1: 75-79.

12) Ballarin L., Cima F., Sabbadin A., 1997. Calcium homeostasis and yeast phagocytosis in hemocytes of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 118A: 153-158.

13) Bressa G., Sisti E., Cima F., 1997. PCBs and organochlorinated pesticides in eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) from the Po delta. Mar. Chem., 58: 261-266.

14) Cima F., Ballarin L., Bressa G., Sabbadin A., Burighel P., 1997. Triphenyltin pesticides in sea water as immunotoxins for tunicates. Mar. Chem., 58: 267-273.

1998

15) Cima F., Ballarin L., Bressa G., Burighel P., 1998. Cytoskeleton alterations by tributyltin (TBT) in tunicate phagocytes. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf., 40: 160-165.

16) Cima F., Marin M.G., Da Ros L., Ballarin L., 1998. Marine invertebrates as bioindicators of organotin contaminants: immuno- and embryotoxicity. Ann. Chim., 88: 517-527.

17) Cima F., Marin M.G., Matozzo V., Da Ros L., Ballarin L., 1998. Immunotoxic effects of organotin compounds in Tapes philippinarum. Chemosphere, 37: 3035-3045.

18) Cima F., Spinazzi R., Ballarin L., 1998. Possible tributyltin-calmodulin interaction in morpho-functional alterations of ascidian phagocytes. Fresenius Environ. Bull., 7: 396-401.

19) Ballarin L., Cima F., Sabbadin A., 1998. Phenoloxidase and cytotoxicity in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Dev. Comp. Immunol., 22: 479-492.

1999

20) Cima F., Ballarin L., 1999. TBT-induced apoptosis in tunicate haemocytes. Appl. Organometal. Chem., 13: 697-703.

21) Cima F., Marin M.G., Matozzo V., Da Ros L., Ballarin L., 1999. Biomarkers for TBT immunotoxicity studies on the cultivated clam Tapes philippinarum (Adams and Reeve, 1850). Mar. Poll. Bull., 39: 112-115.

2000

22) Cima F., Ballarin L., 2000. Tributyltin induces cytoskeletal alterations in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri phagocytes via interaction with calmodulin. Aquat. Toxicol., 48: 419-429.

23) Marin M.G., Moschino V., Cima F., Celli C., 2000. Embryotoxicity of butyltin compounds to the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus LmK. Mar. Environ. Res., 50: 231-235.

24) Cima F., Matozzo V., Marin M.G., Ballarin L., 2000. Haemocytes of the clam Tapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850): morphofunctional characterisation. Fish & Shellfish Immunol., 10: 677-693.

2001

25) Burighel P., Brena C., Martinucci G.B., Cima F., 2001. Gut ultrastructure of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica (Tunicata). Invertebr. Biol., 120: 278-293.

26) Cima F., Perin A., Burighel P., Ballarin L., 2001. Morpho-functional characterisation of haemocytes of the compound ascidian Botrylloides leachi (Tunicata, Ascidiacea). Acta Zool. (Stockh.), 82: 261-274.

27) Matozzo V., Cima F., Perin L., Ballarin L., 2001. Phagocytic and enzymatic activities of cells and urn cell complexes in the coelomic fluid of the marine worm Sipunculus nudus (Sipuncula). Ital. J. Zool., 68: 273-280.

2002

28) Cima F., Dominici D., Mammi S., Ballarin L., 2002. Butyltins and calmodulin: which interaction? Appl. Organometal. Chem., 16: 182-186.

29) Ballarin L., Scanferla M., Cima F., Sabbadin A., 2002. Phagocyte spreading and phagocytosis in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: evidence for an integrin-like, RGD-dependent recognition mechanism. Dev. Comp. Immunol., 26: 39-48.

30) Cima F., Brena C., Burighel P., 2002. Multifarious activities of gut epithelium in an appendicularian (Oikopleura dioica: Tunicata). Mar. Biol., 141: 479-490.

31) Ballarin L., Cima F., Floreani M., Sabbadin A., 2002. Oxidative stress induces cytotoxicity during rejection reaction in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 133C: 411-418.

32) Cima F., Dominici D., Ballarin L., Burighel P., 2002. Influence of TBT on activity of detoxifying enzymes from hemocytes of a colonial ascidian. Fresenius Environ. Bull., 11: 573-577.

33) Matozzo V., Ballarin L., Del Favero M., Cima F., 2002. Effects of TBT on functional responses of coelomocytes in the marine worm Sipunculus nudus. Fresenius Environ. Bull., 11: 568-572.

2003

34) Brena C., Cima F., Burighel P., 2003. The highly specialised gut of Fritillariidae (Appendicularia, Tunicata). Mar. Biol., 143: 57-71.

35) Brena C., Cima F., Burighel P., 2003. The alimentary tract of Kowalevskiidae (Appendicularia, Tunicata) and evolutionary implications. J. Morphol., 258:  225-238.

36) Brena C., Cima F., Burighel P., 2003. The exceptional “blind” gut of Appendicularia sicula (Appendicularia, Tunicata). Zool. Anz., 242:  169-177.

37) Cima F., Basso G., Ballarin L., 2003. Apoptosis and phosphatidylserine-mediated recognition during the take-over of the colonial life-cycle in the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Cell Tissue Res., 312: 369-376.

38) Bragadin M., Manente S., Marton D., Cima F., Rigobello M.P., Bindoli A., 2003. The interaction of zinc pyrithione with mitochondria from rat liver and a study of the mechanism of inhibition of ATP synthesis. Appl. Organometal. Chem., 17: 869-874.

2004

39) Cima F., Ballarin L., 2004. Tributyltin-sulfhydryl interaction as a cause of immunotoxicity in phagocytes of tunicates. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf., 58: 386-395.

40) Cima F., Sabbadin A., Ballarin L., 2004. Cellular aspects of allorecognition in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Dev. Comp. Immunol., 28.: 881-889.

2005

41) Ballarin L., Menin A., Franchi N., Bertoloni G., Cima F., 2005. Morula cells and non-self recognition in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Invertebr. Surv. J., 2: 1-5.

42) Bragadin M., Manente S., Cima F., 2005. A new proposal regarding the transport mechanism of mercury in biological membranes. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 358: 1237-1240.

43) Ballarin L., Cima F., 2005. Cytochemical properties of Botryllus schlosseri haemocytes: indications for morpho-functional characterisation. Eur. J. Histochem., 49: 255-264.

44) Menin A., Del Favero M., Cima F., Ballarin L., 2005. Release of phagocytosis-stimulating factor(s) by morula cells in a colonial ascidian. Mar. Biol., 148: 225-230.

2006

45) Cima F., Ballarin L., Gasparini F., Burighel P., 2006. External amebocytes guard the pharynx entry in a tunicate (Ascidiacea). Dev. Comp. Immunol., 30: 463-472.

46) Cima F., Sabbadin A., Zaniolo G., Ballarin L., 2006. Colony specificy and chemotaxis in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 145A: 376-382.

47) Bragadin M., Cima F., Ballarin L., Manente S., 2006. Irgarol inhibits the synthesis of ATP in mitochondria from rat liver. Chemosphere, 65: 1898-1903.

48) Ballarin L., Cima F., 2006. Apoptosis and recognition of apoptotic cells in colonial ascidians. Caryologia, 59: 350-353.

2007

49)    Manni L., Zaniolo G., Cima F., Burighel P., Ballarin L., 2007. Botryllus schlosseri: a model ascidian for the study of asexual reproduction. Dev. Dyn., 236: 335-352.

50)    Bragadin M., Iero A., Cima F., Ballarin L., Manente S., 2007. TCMS inhibits ATP synthesis in mitochondria: A systematic analysis of the inhibitory mechanism. Toxicol. in Vitro, 21: 1127-1133.

2008

51) Ballarin L., Burighel P., Cima F., 2008. A tale of death and life: natural apoptosis in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri (Urochordata, Ascidiacea). Curr. Pharm. Design, 14: 138-147.

52) Ballarin L., Menin A., Tallandini L., Matozzo V., Burighel P., Basso G., Fortunato E., Cima F., 2008. Haemocytes and blastogenetic cycle in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: a matter of life and death. Cell Tissue Res., 331: 555-564.

53) Menin A., Ballarin L., Bragadin M, Cima F., 2008. Immunotoxicity in ascidians: antifouling compounds alternative to organotins – II. the case of Diuron and TCMS pyridine. J. Environ. Sci. Health, 43B: 644-654.

54) Cima F., Bragadin M., Ballarin L., 2008. Toxic effects of new antifouling compounds on tunicate haemocytes I. Sea-Nine 211TM and chlorothalonil.. Aquat. Toxicol., 86: 299-312.

55) Matozzo V., Marin M.G., Cima F., Ballarin L., 2008. First evidence of cell division in circulating haemocytes from the Manila clam Tapes philippinarum. Cell Biol. Int., 32: 865-868.

56) Cima F., Ballarin L., 2008. Effects of antifouling paints alternative to organotin-based ones on macrofouling biocoenosis of hard substrates in the Lagoon of Venice. Fresenius Environ. Bull., 17: 1901-1908.

57) Ballarin L., Cammarata M, Cima F., Grimaldi A., Lorenzon S., Malagoli D., Ottaviani E., 2008. Immune-neuroendocrine biology of invertebrates: a collection of methods. Invertebr. Surv. J., 5: 192-215.

2009

58) Cima F., Ballarin L., 2009. Apoptosis and pattern of Bcl-2 and Bax expression in the alimentary tract during the colonial blastogenetic cycle of Botryllus schlosseri (Urochordata, Ascidiacea). It. J. Zool., 76: 28-42.

2010

59) Cima F., Manni L., Basso G., Fortunato E., Accordi B., Schiavon F., Ballarin L., 2010. Hovering between death and life: natural apoptosis and phagocytes in the blastogenetic cycle of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Dev. Comp. Immunol., 34: 272-285.

60) Cima F., Matozzo V., 2010. Immunotoxic effects of the antifouling compound Sea-Nine 211TM on haemocytes of an edible bivalve mollusc. Fresenius Environ. Bull., 19: 2297-2302.

61) Mane E., Manente S., Iero A., De Pieri S., Capodaglio G., Cima F., Ballarin L., Bragadin M., 2010. Beef heart mitochondria for the rotenone monitoring. Anal. Methods, 2: 809-810.

62) Iero A., Manente S., De Pieri S., Mane E., Gallo M., Cima F., Ballarin L., Bragadin M. (2010). Interactions of Cr(VI) and Cr(III) with isolated rat liver mitochondria. Inorg. Chem. Commun., 13: 676-678.

2012

63) Cima F., Ballarin L., 2012. Immunotoxicity in ascidians: Antifouling compounds alternative to organotins III – The case of copper(I) and Irgarol 1051. Chemosphere, 89: 19-29.

2013

64) Cima F., Ferrari G., Ferreira N.G.C., Rocha R.J.M., Serôdio J., Loureiro S., Calado R., 2013. Preliminary             evaluation of the toxic effects of the antifouling biocide Sea-Nine 211TM in the soft coral Sarcophyton cf glaucum (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) based on PAM fluorometry and biomarkers. Mar. Environ. Res.,   83:16- 22. 

65) Cima F., Ballarin L., 2013. A proposed integrated bioindex for the macrofouling biocoenosis of hard substrata in the lagoon of Venice. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 130: 190-201.

2014

66) Cima F., Caicci F., Sordino P., 2014. The haemocytes of the salp Thalia democratica (Tunicata, Thaliacea):  An ultrastructural and histochemical study in the oozoid. Acta Zool., 95: 375-391.

2015

67) Gasparini F., Manni L., Cima F., Zaniolo G., Burighel P., Caicci F., Franchi N., Schiavon F., Rigon F., Campagna D., Ballarin L., 2015. Sexual and asexual reproduction in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Genesis, 53: 105-120.

68) Cima F., Ballarin L., 2015. Immunotoxicity in ascidians: Antifouling compounds alternative to organotins - IV. The case of zinc pyrithione. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 169C: 16-24.

 69) Franchi N., Ballarin L. Cima F., 2015. Insights on cytotoxic cells of the colonial ascidian  Botryllus schlosseri. Invertebr. Surv. J., 12: 109-117.

 70) Cima F., Ballarin L., Caicci F., Franchi N., Gasparini F., Rigon F., Schiavon F., Manni L., 2015. Life history and ecological genetics of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri. Zool. Anz., 257: 54-70.

71) Pagliarani A., Cima F., Ventrella V., Fabbri M., Nesci S., Serratore P., Volpe E., Ciulli S., 2015. Evaluation of oxidative stress upon treatment with a commercial germicide for the depuration of Ruditapes philippinarum. Biol. Mar. Mediterr., 22: 56-61.

2016

 72) Cima F., Franchi N., 2016. Histamine stimulates ciliary beat frequency via the H2 receptor in the  protochordate Botryllus schlosseri. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 326B: 176–192.

73) Castellani G., Paliuri G., Orso G., Paccagnella N., D’Amore C., Facci L., Cima F., Caicci F., Palatini P.,  Bova S., De Martin S., 2016. An intracellular adrenomedullin system reduces IL-6 release via a NF-kB-mediated, cAMP-independent transcriptional mechanism in rat thymic epithelial cells. Cytokine, 88: 136-143.

74) Pagliarani A., Cima F., Ventrella V., Fabbri M., Nesci S., Serratore P., Volpe E., Ciulli S., 2016. Antioxidant and immune responses in clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) exposed to a commercial germicide. Biol. Mar. Mediterr., 23: 158-159.

2017

75) Cima F., Peronato A., Ballarin L., 2017. The haemocytes of the colonial aplousobranch ascidian Diplosoma listerianum: structural, cytochemical and functional analyses. Micron, 102: 51-64.

Books

1. Bressa G., Cima F. , 1999. “Il Rischio in Italia da Sostanze Inorganiche. Fondo Naturale Contaminato e Incontaminato”, Agenzia Nazionale Protezione Ambiente (ANPA), Serie Documenti 1/1999, Dip. Stato dell’Ambiente, Prevenzione, Risanamento e Sistemi Informativi, Settore Coordinamento Criteri, Qualità dei Controlli e Norme Tecniche, ISBN: 88-448-0020-9, Roma: pp. 1-363.

2. Ballarin L., Cima F., 2001. Immunotoxicity in Ascidians: the Case of Organotin Compounds. In: H. Sawada, H. Yokosawa, C.C. Lambert (Eds.) “The Biology of Ascidians”, Springer-Verlag, Tokio, pp. 374-379.

3. Cima F., Ballarin L., Burighel P., 2002. Biodiversity in the Lagoon of Venice: Effects of Biocidal Compounds on the Survival of Benthic Filter-feeding Organisms, with Particular Reference to Compound Ascidians. In: P. Campostrini (Ed.) “Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Venice – Vol. I”, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, pp. 595-600. (http://verbi.corila.it/)

4. Cima F., Craig P. J., Harrington C.F., 2003. Organotin Compounds in the Environment. In: P.J. Craig (Ed.) “Organometallic Compounds in the Environment”, Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, pp. 101-149.

5. Cima F., Burighel P., Ballarin L., 2004. Biodiversity in the Lagoon of Venice: a Laboratory Model for the Study of the Effects of Antifouling Compounds on Settlement and Survival of Sessile Species. In: P. Campostrini (Ed.) “Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Venice – Vol. II”, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, pp. 449-456. (http://verbi.corila.it/)

6. Cima F., Ballarin L., Burighel P., 2005. Macrofouling Ecological Succession on Hard Substrata in the Lagoon of Venice: Effects of Copper-containing Antifouling Paints. In: P. Campostrini (Ed.) “Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Venice – Vol. III”, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia, pp. 429-435. (http://verbi.corila.it/)

7. Martinucci G.B., Brena C., Cima F., Burighel P., 2005. Synchronous spermatogenesis in appendicularians. In: G. Gorsky, M. Youngbluth and D. Deibel (Eds.) “Response of Marine Ecosystem to Global Change: Ecological Impact of Appendicularians”, Contemporary Publishing International, Éditions Scientifiques GB, Paris, pp. 113-123.

8. Cima F., Brena C., Martinucci G.B., Burighel P., 2005. Gut histochemistry in Oikopleura dioica. In: G. Gorsky, M. Youngbluth and D. Deibel (Eds.) “Response of Marine Ecosystem to Global Change: Ecological Impact of Appendicularians”, Contemporary Publishing International, Éditions Scientifiques GB, Paris, pp. 149-159.

9. Brena C., Cima F., Martinucci G.B., Burighel P., 2005. The appendicularian alimentary tract: a comparative study. In: G. Gorsky, M. Youngbluth and D. Deibel (Eds.) “Response of Marine Ecosystem to Global Change: Ecological Impact of Appendicularians”, Contemporary Publishing International, Éditions Scientifiques GB, Paris, pp. 161-170.

10. Cima F., Burighel P., Ballarin L., 2005. Ascidians as models for studying effects of antifouling compounds on biodiversity in the lagoon of Venice. In: P. Lasserre, P. Viaroli, P. Campostrini (Eds.) “Lagoon and Coastal Wetlands in the Global Change Context: Impacts and Management Issues”. Proceedings of the International Conference, Venice, 26-28 April 2004, ICAM Dossier n. 3, UNESCO 2005, Venezia, pp. 315-322.

11. Cima F., Burighel P., Ballarin L., 2006. Temporal and Biotic Evolution of “Botryllus Biocoenosis” in the Presence of Antifouling Paints. In: P. Campostrini (Ed.) “Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Venice – Vol. - IV”, CORILA, Venezia, pp 239-246.(http://verbi.corila.it/)

12. Cima F., Burighel P., Ballarin L., 2007. Proposal of a New Environmental Quality Index for the Macrofouling Biocoenosis of Hard Substrata in the Lagoon of Venice. In: P. Campostrini (Ed.) “Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Venice – Vol. - V”, CORILA, Venezia, pp 227-234.(http://verbi.corila.it/)

13. Cima F., Burighel P., Ballarin L., 2008. A new bioindex, based on macrofouling biocoenosis of hard substrata, for the estimation of the environmental quality: application in the lagoon of Venice. In: P. Campostrini (Ed.) “Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Venice – Vol. - VI”, CORILA, Venezia, pp 231-234.(http://verbi.corila.it/)

14. Cima F., 2010. Microscopy methods for morpho-functional characterisation of marine invertebrate haemocytes. In: Microscopy: Science, Technology, Applications and Education, Vol. 2, Microscopy Book Series – N. 4, A. Méndez-Vilas & J.D. Álvarez Eds., Formatex Research Center, Badajoz: pp. 1100-1107. (http://www.formatex.org/microscopy4/index.html)

15. Cima F., 2011. Tin: Environmental pollution and health effects. In: Nriagu JO (ed.) Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Vol. 5, Elsevier, Burlington: pp. 351-359. (http://www.elsevierdirect.com/article.jsp?pageid=9657)

16. Cima F., Ballarin L., 2011. Genotoxicity and immunotoxicity of organotins. In: A. Pagliarani, F. Trombetti, V. Ventrella (Eds) Biochemical and Biological Effects of Organotins, Ch. 7, Bentham Science Publishers, The Netherlands: pp. 97-111. (http://www.benthamscience.com/ebooks/9781608052653/index.htm)

17. Cima F., Burighel P., Ballarin L., 2011. Application of a new bioindex based on hard substrate biocoenosis for the evaluation of the lagoon quality. In: P. Campostrini (Ed.) “Scientific Research and Safeguarding of Venice – Vol. - VII”, CORILA, Venezia, pp 153-160.(http://verbi.corila.it/)

18. Cima F., Franchi N., Ballarin L., 2016. Origin and function of tunicate hemocytes. In: D. Malagoli (ed.) The Evolution of the Immune System, chapter 2, Elsevier, London, pp. 29-49.(https://www.elsevier.com/books/the-evolution-of-the-immune-system/malagoli/978-0-12-801975-7)

19. Cima F., 2017. Enzyme histochemistry for functional histology in invertebrates. In: Pellicciari C., Biggiogera M. (Eds), Single Molecule Histochemistry: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 1560, Springer Protocols, Humana Press, Springer Science, New York: pp. 69-90 (http://link.springer.com/protocol/10.1007/978-1-4939-6788-9_5) ISSN: 1064-3745, Print ISBN 978-1-4939-6787-2, Online ISBN 978-1-4939-6788-9, doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-6788-9_5