| An introduction to marine ecology RSK Barnes, RN Hughes John Wiley & Sons, 1999 | 832 | 1999 |
| Coastal lagoons RSK Barnes Cambridge University Press, 1980 | 730 | 1980 |
| Invertebrates: a new synthesis. RSK Barnes, P Calow, PJW Olive | 382 | 1988 |
| The brackish-water fauna of northwestern Europe RSK Barnes Cambridge University Press, 1994 | 287 | 1994 |
| Estuarine biology RSK Barnes Edward Arnold, 1974 | 228 | 1974 |
| Fundamentals of aquatic ecology RSK Barnes, KH Mann John Wiley & Sons, 2009 | 223 | 2009 |
| The invertebrates: a synthesis RSK Barnes, PP Calow, PJW Olive, DW Golding, JI Spicer John Wiley & Sons, 2009 | 198 | 2009 |
| What, if anything, is a brackish-water fauna? RSK Barnes Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 1989 | 146 | 1989 |
| Fundamentals of aquatic ecosystems RK Barnes, KH Mann Oxford, England Blackwell Scientific, 1980 | 137 | 1980 |
| Os invertebrados: uma síntese RSK Barnes, P Calow, PJW Olive, DW Golding, JI Spicer Atheneu, 2008 | 124 | 2008 |
| The Macrophthalminae of Australasia; with a review of the evolution and morphological diversity of the type genus Macrophthalmus (Crustacea: Brachyura) RSK Barnes The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 31 (2), 195-261, 1967 | 90 | 1967 |
| The coastal lagoons of Britain: an overview and conservation appraisal RSK Barnes Biological Conservation 49 (4), 295-313, 1989 | 87 | 1989 |
| A preliminary survey of the macroscopic bottom fauna of the Solent, with particular reference to Crepidula fornicata and Ostrea edulis RSK Barnes, J Coughlan, NJ Holmes Journal of Molluscan Studies 40 (4), 253-275, 1973 | 82 | 1973 |
| A critical appraisal of the application of Guelorget and Perthuisot's concepts of the paralic ecosystem and confinement to macrotidal Europe RSK Barnes Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 38 (1), 41-48, 1994 | 69 | 1994 |
| The osmotic behaviour of a number of grapsoid crabs with respect to their differential penetration of an estuarine system RSK Barnes Journal of Experimental Biology 47 (3), 535-551, 1967 | 61 | 1967 |
| Shore height and differentials between macrobenthic assemblages in vegetated and unvegetated areas of an intertidal sandflat RSK Barnes, MKS Barnes Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 106, 112-120, 2012 | 55 | 2012 |
| Reproductive strategies in contrasting populations of the coastal gastropod Hydrobia ulvae. II. Longevity and life-time egg production RSK Barnes Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 138 (3), 183-200, 1990 | 54 | 1990 |
| A synoptic classification of living organisms RSK Barnes (No Title), 1984 | 54 | 1984 |
| The diversity of living organisms RSK Barnes John Wiley & Sons, 2009 | 53 | 2009 |
| European estuaries and lagoons: a personal overview of problems and possibilities for conservation and management RSK Barnes Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 1 (1), 79-87, 1991 | 52 | 1991 |
