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Abstracts of the papers given at the seminar "Les constructions en milieu marin / Constructions in marine environment" (March 14-19, 2016)  Coral reefs, unique self-sufficient ecosystems build by corals by Denis ALLEMAND (Centre Scientifique de Monaco) Building under the Sea. Representation of submarine Worlds in French Modern Literature by Claire BAREL-MOISAN (CNRS, Lyon, France) Evolution and development of mineralizing metazoans: a focus on Mollusc group by Laure BONNAUD-PONTICELLI (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) Building in marine environments: An anthropological point of view by Frédérique CHLOUS (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) An Artistic representation of the sea by Thomasine GIESECKE (Meudon, France) Modelling and simulation of growth and form of scleractinian corals and the influence of hydrodynamics by Jaap A. KAANDORP (University of Amsterdam, Nederland) Ecological and evolutionary biomechanics and biofluid dynamics by Mimi A. R. KOEHL (University of Berkley, California, USA) Buoyancy Control by Charles LE PABIC (Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) Nanostructured Inorganic Materials in a Marine Environment by Jacques LIVAGE (Collège de France, Paris, France) Bryozoan biomineralization and the importance of being a bryo-constructors by Chiara LOMBARDI (ENEA, La Spezia, Italy) Building in glass from algae to humans by Pascal Jean LOPEZ (CNRS, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France) A "Jurassic park" made of glass in the Mediterranean Sea by Manuel MALDONADO (CEAB-CSIC, Spain) Sandcastle worm inspired undersea adhesives by Russell STEWART (University of Utah, USA) Past climate reconstructions at different time scales using marin deposits by Marc de RAFELIS (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)