| The Smithsonian atlas of the Amazon M Goulding, R Barthem, EJG Ferreira Smithsonian Institution, 2003 | 601 | 2003 |
| The catfish connection: ecology, migration, and conservation of Amazon predators R Barthem, M Goulding Columbia University Press, 1997 | 369 | 1997 |
| 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 | 217 | 2004 |
| 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 | 197 | 1991 |
| Os Recursos pesqueiros da Amazônia brasileira. VJ Isaac, RB Barthem Museu Paraenhse Emílio Goeldi, 1995 | 187 | 1995 |
| 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 (4), 403-414, 2004 | 148 | 2004 |
| 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 | 138 | 2017 |
| Os bagres balizadores: ecologia, migração e conservação de peixes amazônicos R Barthem, M Goulding Sociedade Civil Mamirauá, 1997 | 129 | 1997 |
| Ocorrência, distribuição e biologia dos peixes da Baía de Marajó, estuário amazônico. RB Barthem Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, 1985 | 122 | 1985 |
| Un ecosistema inesperado: la Amazonía revelada por la pesca R Barthem, M Goulding ACCA, 2007 | 86 | 2007 |
| 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), 1-13, 2017 | 80 | 2017 |
| Fisheries and population dynamics of Brachyplatystoma vaillantii (Pimelodidae) in the Amazon Estuary RB Barthem, M Petrere Jr Cond. Worlds Aquat. Habitat New Delhi Oxf. IBH Publ. Co Pvt, 329-340, 1995 | 72 | 1995 |
| Diagns̤tico de los recursos hidrobiolg̤icos de la amazonia R Barthem, H Guerra, M Valderrama Tratado de Cooperacin̤ Amazn̤ica. Secretara̕ Pro Tempore, 1995 | 70 | 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 | 68 | 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 | 63 | 2009 |
| An unexpected ecosystem: the Amazon as revealed by fisheries. R Barthem, M Goulding An unexpected ecosystem: the Amazon as revealed by fisheries., 2007 | 63 | 2007 |
| Estatística Pesqueira do Amazonas e Pará 2003 ML Ruffino, EC Soares, CO Silva, RB Barthem, V Batista, G Estupinan, ... Manaus-IBAMA, ProVárzea, 2006 | 59 | 2006 |
| 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 | 57 | 2016 |
| A pesca comercial no médio Solimões e sua interação com a reserva Mamirauá R Barthem Estratégias para manejo de recursos pesqueiros em Mamirauá, 72-107, 1999 | 54 | 1999 |
| Ecologia e pesca da piramutaba (Brachyplatystoma vaillantii) RB Barthem Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, 1990 | 54 | 1990 |
