| The Smithsonian atlas of the Amazon M Goulding, R Barthem, EJG Ferreira Smithsonian Institution, 2003 | 752 | 2003 |
| The catfish connection: ecology, migration, and conservation of Amazon predators R Barthem, M Goulding Columbia University Press, 1997 | 422 | 1997 |
| The potential impact of new Andean dams on Amazon fluvial ecosystems BR Forsberg, JM Melack, T Dunne, RB Barthem, M Goulding, RCD Paiva, ... PloS one 12 (8), e0182254, 2017 | 277 | 2017 |
| Biologia e diversidade dos recursos pesqueiros da Amazônia RB Barthem, NN Fabré A pesca e os recursos pesqueiros na Amazônia brasileira 1, 17-62, 2004 | 277 | 2004 |
| Os Recursos pesqueiros da Amazônia brasileira. VJ Isaac, RB Barthem Museu Paraenhse Emílio Goeldi, 1995 | 248 | 1995 |
| Life strategies of some long-distance migratory catfish in relation to hydroelectric dams in the Amazon Basin RB Barthem, MCL de Brito Ribeiro, M Petrere Jr Biological conservation 55 (3), 339-345, 1991 | 223 | 1991 |
| Review of the large catfish fisheries in the upper Amazon and the stock depletion of piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosumLichtenstein) M Petrere, RB Barthem, EA Córdoba, BC Gómez Reviews in fish Biology and Fisheries 14, 403-414, 2004 | 178 | 2004 |
| Goliath catfish spawning in the far western Amazon confirmed by the distribution of mature adults, drifting larvae and migrating juveniles RB Barthem, M Goulding, RG Leite, C Cañas, B Forsberg, E Venticinque, ... Scientific reports 7 (1), 41784, 2017 | 153 | 2017 |
| Os bagres balizadores: ecologia, migração e conservação de peixes amazônicos R Barthem Sociedade Civil Mamirauá, 1997 | 147 | 1997 |
| An explicit GIS-based river basin framework for aquatic ecosystem conservation in the Amazon E Venticinque, B Forsberg, R Barthem, P Petry, L Hess, A Mercado, ... Earth System Science Data 8 (2), 651-661, 2016 | 134 | 2016 |
| Ocorrência, distribuição e biologia dos peixes da Baía de Marajó, Estuário Amazônico. RB Barthem Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, 1985 | 131 | 1985 |
| Ecosystem‐based management of Amazon fisheries and wetlands M Goulding, E Venticinque, MLB Ribeiro, RB Barthem, RG Leite, ... Fish and Fisheries 20 (1), 138-158, 2019 | 120 | 2019 |
| Conservation of migratory fishes in the Amazon basin F Duponchelle, VJ Isaac, C Rodrigues Da Costa Doria, PA Van Damme, ... Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 31 (5), 1087-1105, 2021 | 113 | 2021 |
| Un ecosistema inesperado: la Amazonía revelada por la pesca R Barthem, M Goulding | 102 | 2007 |
| An unexpected ecosystem: the Amazon as revealed by fisheries. R Barthem, M Goulding | 89 | 2007 |
| Human impacts on Amazonia: the role of traditional ecological knowledge in conservation and development DA Posey, MJ Balick Columbia University Press, 2006 | 82 | 2006 |
| Fisheries and population dynamics of Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Pimelodidae) in the Amazon Estuary RB Barthem, M Petrere Jr Condition of the world's aquatic habitat, New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing …, 1995 | 82 | 1995 |
| Diagnóstico de los recursos hidrobiológicos de la Amazonía RB Barthem, H Guerra, M Valderrama, T de Cooperacion Amazonica Lima (Peru), 1995 | 82 | 1995 |
| A pesca na Amazônia: problemas e perspectivas para o seu manejo RB Barthem, M Petrere Jr, VJ Isaac, M Ribeiro, DG McGrath, IJA Vieira, ... Padua CV, Bodmer RE Manejo e Conservação de Vida Silvestre no Brasil …, 1997 | 81 | 1997 |
| Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of freshwater stingrays (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) at Marajó Island, mouth of the Amazon River MP Almeida, RB Barthem, AS Viana, P Charvet-Almeida Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 2009 | 79 | 2009 |
