The phrase "a dominant component of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the main or most influential part of a larger system, concept, or structure.
Example: "In the ecosystem, sunlight is a dominant component of photosynthesis, driving the energy conversion process."
Alternatives: "a key element of" or "a primary factor in".
Ecologists make distinctions among species that are introduced (able to persist), naturalized (establishes self-sustaining populations, but is not a dominant component of the vegetation), and invasive (is able to dominate habitats to the exclusion of native species).
Rossby waves are a dominant component of the Ferrel circulation.
Suspended dust is a dominant component of the Martian environment.
Xylan is an abundant plant cell wall polysaccharide and is a dominant component of dietary fiber.
Atomic oxygen (AO) is a dominant component of the low earth orbit and can erode most spacecraft materials.
Silica is a dominant component of crustal rocks, and widespread quartz veins in subduction zones at seismogenic depths are taken as proof of significant fluid flow and silica precipitation10,11,12.
Likewise, C. casei is also a dominant component on the surface of Gubbeen, but is moreover found to be dominant on the surface of other smear-ripened cheeses, such as Ardrahan, Durrus, and Milleens [ 11].
Together with B. attenuata (Candlestick Banksia), B. menziesii is a dominant component in a number of widespread vegetation complexes of the Swan Coastal Plain, including Banksia low woodland and Jarrah-Banksia woodland.
Thus, preeclampsia is characterized as a state of the excessive maternal inflammatory response with a predominance of the production of Th17 cells, suggesting systemic inflammation is a dominant component in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia [ 14, 27].
Clearly, the periodic term of u(k) which is an indication of CS happening, results in a dominant component at the frequency of 1/K.
In DD, Vipr2−/− mice expressed the continuum of behavioral phenotypes common for this genotype, from robustly rhythmic with a single dominant component of locomotor behavior (Fig. 1C 1D), to apparent arrhythmicity, often with multiple, low power periodic components (Fig. 1E 1F).
